AMAZONAS, BRAZIL – The Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region (TRF1) has once again suspended the preliminary environmental license granted for the repaving of the central stretch of BR-319, the highway connecting Manaus to Porto Velho.
The decision responds to an appeal filed by the Climate Observatory, which seeks the annulment of the license issued in 2022.
According to the organization, the National Department of Transport Infrastructure (DNIT) submitted documentation showing the emergence of multiple unauthorized roads—known as ramais—branching off from BR-319.
This, the group argues, indicates speculative land occupation and highlights the growing environmental impacts in the area.
Although the preliminary license did not authorize the start of construction on the so-called "middle section"—the 405-kilometer stretch considered the most degraded—it did allow DNIT to move forward with the environmental licensing process, in an effort to obtain the installation license required to break ground.
Efforts to repave BR-319 have been ongoing for more than two decades, hindered by a combination of environmental concerns and bureaucratic hurdles.

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