📋 Tender Overview
Vehicles provided public transportation service informally and without providing minimum safety conditions.During the first 90 days of the state of emergency, which began on October 22 of last year, the Urban Transportation Authority for Lima and Callao (ATU), an entity attached to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC), has destroyed 110 vehicles that provided public transportation service informally and without complying with minimum safety conditions, which is why they represented a danger to users.
The entity specified that the scrapping of these 110 units are part of the 163 vehicles that were declared abandoned in said period of time. In that sense, in the coming weeks the scrapping of another 53 units will be completed to culminate with this batch of vehicles.
The declaration of abandonment of a vehicle is the result of continuous inspection and documentary verification actions with other entities such as the National Superintendence of Public Registries (Sunarp), the Public Ministry, the Judiciary and the National Police of Peru (PNP).
After these entities certify that the vehicle in question does not have ongoing investigations, the ATU begins to notify the owners, in strict compliance with the established deadlines and procedures. Once this stage is completed, the units are enabled to be transferred to the corresponding scrap plant, where they are dismantled, decontaminated and recycled, giving way to proper management of their components.
Efficient scrap work
In 2025, 333 units were destroyed, which were part of the 502 units declared abandoned that year. This figure is much higher than what was recorded in 2024, when 184 units were scrapped. In 2023, the scrapped units were 45 vehicles, while in 2022 the figure of 12 units was reached.
With this type of actions, the ATU reaffirms its commitment to continue working to offer Lima residents and Chalacos a modern, orderly and sustainable transportation system. For this reason, it will continue to strengthen inspection actions and promote the renewal of the vehicle fleet, through mandatory scrapping that allows reducing the presence of highly polluting, damaged vehicles or vehicles that represent risks to road safety.
Lima, January 27, 2026
