Resolution 1284/2025 of the Ministry of Economy, published in the Official Gazette, establishes a period of twelve months to transfer the management of the national road network to private operators and advance in the dissolution of the state company.
The Ministry of Economy ordered on Monday, September 1 Formal start of the privatization process of the public company ROADRADORES SA, in charge of the management of more than 6,000 kilometers of routes throughout the country. The decision, established in Resolution 1284/2025 published in the Official Gazette, constitutes a new advance in the policy of reduction of the public sector promoted by the National Government.
The measure is framed in the provisions of Law 27,742, known as Base lawwhich included Road Corridors SA in the list of companies subject to privatization, and in the regulatory decrees 695/2024 and 97/2025.
The procedure will be under the orbit of the Ministry of Economy, with the participation of the Ministry of Transportation and the Temporary Special Executing Unit “Public Business Transformation Agency”. The objective is to terminate current concession contracts, grant runners to new private operators and then advance with the dissolution and liquidation of the state firm.
The resolution Instruct the Ministry of Transportation to make the assets inventory that must be restored to the Ministry of Economy already Prepare the necessary documentation for contracting contracts. It also empowers it to define the new conformation of the sections of the national network, evaluate the status of works and infrastructure and request the termination of agreements that are not considered priority.
Decree 416/2025 established that the entire process of bidding and award of the concessions is carried out by means of the Digital Platform Contract.ar. Meanwhile, the Public Business Transformation Agency will coordinate the actions to comply with the schedule, including the valuation of future funds linked to the toll exploitation and appraisal of the company’s assets, a task that will be in charge of the Court of Tanes of the Nation or other competent public body.
The regulations sets a maximum period of twelve months to specify the award of the new road sections and proceed to the liquidation of the state society. It also provides that the Ministry of Transportation prepare the technical, contractual and bidding documentation, with the intervention of the Public Business Transformation Agency, and with the possibility of requesting technical support from SA Roads while the transition lasts.
The privatization process is framed in the official public sector transformation strategy, which includes LIquidations, closures, partial or total sales, mergers and restructuring of state companies.
The measure impacts the management of the National Road Network and opens the participation of private, national and international operators, in the granting of routes and highways under the public works regime per toll.
According to official data, at the end of June road corridors had 3,307 workers and registered a Financial surplus of $ 5.2 billionwhich allowed him not to require national treasure transfers.
Source: Ambito
