Mobility and infrastructure works underway in the capital

João Pessoa has road works worth hundreds of millions of reais underway and is studying BRT or light rail for coming years.

In 2026, João Pessoa has a set of structuring mobility works underway. The main one is the Beira-Rio/Miramar/Altiplano Road Complex, budgeted at R$ 235 million, which includes three overpasses and a tunnel to ease traffic between coastal neighborhoods and the city's southern zone, to be built in stages over about three years. At the same time, the second phase of Parque da Cidade is receiving R$ 125 million in investment for urban mobility works, drainage, bike lanes, paving, a tunnel and landscaping.

Another investment focus is express bus corridors, under the BRS model (with higher-capacity electric buses). The City of João Pessoa is responsible for the Epitácio Pessoa and 2 de Fevereiro corridors, while the State Government, through DER-PB, is building the Cruz das Armas and Pedro II corridors, all with the same operating infrastructure.

Alongside the works already contracted, a study by the Federal Government in partnership with BNDES, under the National Urban Mobility Study (ENMU), mapped five structuring projects for João Pessoa with a horizon through 2054, including a BRT or light rail line linking the Airport to the Bessa neighborhood and new corridors to Pedro II, Mangabeira, Bessa-Centro and Cruz das Armas. The total estimated investment for these projects could reach R$ 3.46 billion, depending on the financial model and funding sources to be defined in the coming years.

For those visiting or planning to live in the city, the practical effect of these works is temporary detours and closures at specific points along the coast and in central neighborhoods, which tend to intensify as the schedules move forward.