[5] In November 2020, the Ministry of Infrastructure signed an authorization term sent to the National Civil Aviation Agency, allowing the construction of the line.

[7] In the end of January 2021, the State Secretary of Metropolitan Transports, Alexandre Baldy, announced that the Federal Court of Accounts had approved the people mover project.

The order of service, to authorize the beginning of the construction is expected to be signed in the second half of March 2021 by the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Secretariat of Civil Aviation, with a deadline of 18 months.

[8][9] International companies, such as German Siemens, Canadian Bombardier, Chinese BYD and CRRC Sifang, Korean Rotem and Mexican Modutram, showed interest in the project, according to Folha de S.

On 8 September 2021, Minister of Infrastructure Tarcísio de Freitas signed the contract for the construction of the people mover, with operation estimated to 2024.