📋 Tender Overview
he direct connection of Medelln with the ports of the Caribbean is progressing at a good pace according to the president of the National Infrastructure Agency Manuel Felipe Gutirrez during a tour of some strategic points of the road corridor which is already 87 complete and it will become another 4G route that the entity will deliver this year.This construction will allow a more efficient connection of the industrial zone of Antioquia and the passage of merchandise from the southwest of Colombia to the ports of the Caribbean. Currently progress is being made in the construction of 13 bridges and the conformation of double carriageways in sections 1 and 4 of the project highlighted the president of the entity.For her part the Minister of Transport ngela Mara Orozco pointed out that This project has been key to marking the economy of this region and has generated nearly 3000 jobs which benefit the inhabitants of the projects area of influence such as Barbosa Donmatas Cisneros Santo Domingo San Roque and Maceo in Antioquia . In this way we continue to bring more and better opportunities to the communities in the different regions of the country through an infrastructure that connects lives .Among the most outstanding works of this road corridor is the La Quiebra Tunnel a double-lane construction that will connect the townships of Santiago and El Limn in the municipality of Santo Domingo and estimates a saving of 40 minutes between both points.The Bankruptcy Tunnel configures the Functional Unit UF 3 of the project and is possible thanks to an investment of 683607 million pesos CAPEX figures for December 2020. Its construction is characterized by two pipes of 4.1 km each with their respective exhaust galleries. Currently this work is 85 complete and electromechanical equipment installation and testing activities are being carried out explained ANIs Vice President of Contract Management Luis Eduardo Gutirrez.It should be noted that the new tunnel runs parallel to the historic La Quiebra built in 1929 as part of the Antioquia Railroad on the Medelln-Puerto Berro line. This work is a challenge to the extent that it is built on large rocks.In its 157 km in length the project has investments of 1.2 billion pesos.
