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The challenge of building 20 vehicular bridges over 15 km of track and the most efficient connection generated by the second carriageway between Combeima and the Cocora Valley is in its final stage and its commissioning is estimated as of May 2021.This was confirmed by the president of the National Infrastructure Agency-ANI Manuel Felipe Gutirrez during a tour of the 15 km that comprise section 1 of the 4G Girardot-Ibagu-Cajamarca highway project concessioned by this entity.We are making every effort to be able to start the operation of Functional Unit 1 of this project with which a 20-minute time reduction is estimated between Combeima and the Cocora Valley. Similarly we continue to advance the construction works of a parallel road in the section between Boquern and Coello Cocora known as the right road and the other works between Coello Cocora up to the urban passage through Cajamarca explained Gutirrez.For his part the vice president of contract management Luis Eduardo Gutirrez highlighted that this work today registers 46 progress.This project represents an improvement in the connectivity of the Buenaventura - Bogot corridor in what corresponds to the department of Tolima. When these works are finished the travel time between Ibagu and Cajamarca for a light vehicle will be 30 minutes and for a cargo vehicle it is estimated that its travel time will be reduced by half that is when it starts operating take only one hour said the vice president.Section 1 between Combeima and the Cocora Valley Functional Unit 1 has a length of 15 km its construction is possible thanks to the investments that amount to 359740 million CAPEX figures of December 2019 and in it the construction of 20 bridges.One of the emblematic works is the design and construction of Bridge 20 with a length of 830 meters and a height of up to 123 meters. The construction of this bridge with an investment of 45 billion pesos has generated more than 200 jobs in the region contributing to its development.To date the infrastructure superstructure and complementary activities have been completed and the road surface joint construction and signaling are pending.It is important to highlight that during the development of this section and thanks to the good social management carried out by the project the resettlement plan of 182 family units was successfully executed which were relocated offering this community a better quality of life.Behind our infrastructure projects there is a social component that stands out and seeks to improve the lives of Colombians. We looked for all the alternatives to be able to help these families and through the financial support of 70 minimum wages we were able to ensure that they had a decent home and that it was their own says the Minister of Transportation Angela Mara Orozco.For her part Gladys Martnez one of the beneficiaries of this social program says that for any family having a home is a blessing and it was something that we had always longed for. One day they came to the slopes of the road where we lived and at first we did not believe that they were really going to give us a house but with time we realized that they were and today we are very grateful for this project .The Girardot-Ibagu-Cajamarca Private Initiative IP road corridor has an investment of 1.4 trillion pesos CAPEX figures for December 2019 a total length of 35 km and at the highest peak of construction up to this At the moment it generated 1300 direct jobs.
