Rio City Hall Reduces Flood Control Expenditures by 77% Over the Last 5 Years | New Orleans hotels

If other actions and programs, such sanitation and slope protection, are taken into account, the fall was 58% over the last five years. Total expenditure on these shares was RB 224 million in 2018, less than half of RB 531 million disbursed in 2013.

Less money to contain rains

The city has reduced its flood control spending by 69% (in red), sanitation, drainage and slope protection in two years

Source: City of Rio de Janeiro City Hall of Transparency

L & 39 The survey includes measures for flood control, sanitation, maintenance of drainage systems and urban water quality, slope protection and revitalization with paving and drainage works.

During this period, the largest investment was made in 2016, the year in which the city hosted the Olympics. He was also the last of the management of Eduardo Paes (MDB) at City Hall.

The revitalization of streets with paving and drainage works suffered the largest cost reduction, or 86%. Expenditures on this work increased from R $ 119 million in 2013 to $ 16.7 million in 2018.

The maintenance of the drainage system has also been reduced. The business recorded a 30% decrease in expenses during the period, from R29.8 million to R21 million.

Other items have been enlarged. This was the case with the expansion of sanitation, which increased by 32% from 51.7 million rand to 68.2 million rand. Investment in urban water quality has increased by 35% from $ 12 million to $ 16.3 million. And the protection of slopes and risk areas went from 30.3 million rand to 35.4 million rand.