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2011 IN REVIEW: Infrastructure changes in the city of Rio

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Watch the videos on the ongoing infrastructure works that will transform the Cariocas’ everyday life

2011 IN REVIEW: Infrastructure changes in the city of Rio

President Nuzman and Mayor Paes (right) at Cidade do Rock (Photo: Rio 2016)

  

The year 2011 was the year in which the first infrastructure works to the Rio 2016™ Games begin. It will take a lot of work, but Cariocas and visitors alike have already started to experience the changes in the host city of the greatest sporting event on the planet. 

2011 IN REVIEW: a look back at the events of 2011, a year of achievements and celebration

2011 IN REVIEW: Rio 2016™  celebrates 2011's accomplishments

Get to know more about the ongoing infrastructureworks and the conclusion of some interventions:

City of Rock, the first Olympic equipment with works concluded

New structures at Sambodromo (to be unveiled in January 2012)

Learn more about the BRT system

BRT Transoeste – BRT station at Magarça Cloverleaf Junction

The impact of BRT Transcarioca on the lives of Cariocas