📋 Tender Overview
The year 2025 marked a turning point for the development of Arequipa. The Regional Government of Arequipa, under the leadership of the regional governor, Dr. Rohel Sanchez Sanchez, consolidated management aimed at the execution of specific works, the restart of projects paralyzed for years and the promotion of strategic megaprojects that directly benefit thousands of families throughout the region.
Education was consolidated as one of the central pillars of the current management. During 2025, modern educational infrastructures were inaugurated, including the San Luis Stromme Educational Institution, in Alto Selva Alegre, with an investment of S/ 5 million 601 thousand 750, and the Monsenor Jose de Piro DAmico Iguanez Educational Institution, in the district of Cayma, valued at S/ 11 million 981 thousand 279.61, benefiting more than 600 students. So far in the regional administration, 31 schools have been delivered and 36 additional schools are being built, with a cumulative investment that exceeds one billion soles to close educational gaps in urban and rural areas.
In terms of road connectivity, the Regional Government of Arequipa continued to promote strategic roads that integrate territories and improve access to basic services. In 2025, the Llanca-Ucuchachas highway (II stage) was inaugurated, in the district of Choco, province of Castilla, executed under the Direct Administration modality with an investment of S/ 10 million 281 thousand 895.46, significantly improving passability between both annexes.
Likewise, the execution of important road corridors that connect the coast and the mountains of the region began, strengthening tourism and productive activity. Highlights include the Majes-Lluta-Huambo highway, with an investment of S/ 185 million 814 thousand, the AR-116 Cayma-Cabrerias-Pampa Canahuas road, valued at S/ 176 million 723 thousand 519.15, and the AR-548 San Gregorio-Sahuani neighborhood road, which significantly reduces travel times to the beaches of Camana for residents. residents of Castilla, La Union and Condesuyos.
In the health sector, one of the main milestones of 2025 was obtaining financing of S/ 284 million 703 thousand 434.51, destined to complete the Maritza Campos and Camana hospitals, works that remained paralyzed for years. This achievement was possible thanks to the efforts of the regional governor before the Ministry of Economy and Finance, allowing key projects to be unlocked to close gaps in health care. Added to this is the delivery of 43 ambulances equipped with modern standards, with an investment of more than S/ 20 million, strengthening the response capacity of the regional health system.
In the agricultural field, in October 2025, the State-to-State contract was signed between Peru and Japan for the development and expansion of the Majes Siguas Comprehensive Project, one of the most important works for food security and agricultural development in the south of the country. This project will allow the modernization and optimization of the hydraulic system that transfers water from the Colca River basin to the Siguas River basin, with a capacity of up to 34 m3/s. The intervention includes the rehabilitation and automation of the Condoroma dam, the Tuti intake, 88 kilometers of tunnels, 13 kilometers of canals, as well as the Pitay intake and its diversion to Majes-El Pedregal.
In tourism, the regional management assured a historic investment of S/ 331 million for the execution of the Arequipa-Colca Tourist Destination Program, of national and international scope. This program includes 33 investment projects aimed at improving infrastructure, accessibility and tourist services in the provinces of Arequipa and Caylloma, benefiting districts such as Yura, San Juan de Tarucani, Maca, Chivay, Cabanaconde and Sibayo, promoting local economic development and job creation.
With these actions, the Regional Government of Arequipa closes 2025 demonstrating that planned, articulated and results-oriented management allows transforming paralyzed works into concrete realities, promoting strategic megaprojects and improving the quality of life of the population throughout the region.
