National Department of Transport Infrastructure
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| Portuguese: Departamento Nacional de Infraestrutura de Transportes | |
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| Formed | 5 June 2001 |
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| Type | Ministry |
| Jurisdiction | Federal government of Brazil |
| Headquarters | Planalto Palace, Praça dos Três Poderes Brasília, Federal District |
| Annual budget | $ 18.47 billion BRL (2023) |
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| Parent agency | Presidency of the Republic |
| Website | www |
The National Department of Transport Infrastructure (Portuguese: Departamento Nacional de Infraestrutura de Transportes, DNIT) is a Brazilian federal agency linked to the Ministry of Transport that plans, builds, operates, and maintains elements of the Federal Transportation System (Sistema Federal de Viação). It was created by Law No. 10,233 of 5 June 2001 as part of a sectoral reorganisation that also extinguished the former National Department of Highways (Departamento Nacional de Estradas de Rodagem, DNER). DNIT is headquartered in Brasília, Federal District.[1][2]
Under its legal mandate, DNIT implements federal policy for transport infrastructure under its care, including the operation, maintenance, rehabilitation, capacity upgrades, and expansion of federal highways, federal rail segments not under concession, and inland waterways and small public port facilities under federal jurisdiction. It also undertakes research, issues technical standards, coordinates with regulators and subnational authorities, and manages projects financed from the federal budget and other sources. Within federal highways, DNIT holds powers to enforce traffic rules and apply penalties through its weigh-station and roadway oversight programs.[3][4]