📋 Tender Overview
Calca sanitary filling reaches more than 92% progress.The Calca Sanitary Filling, executed by the Regional Government of Cusco through the Copesco Plan, records a physical advance greater than 92%, consolidating itself as one of the most important projects in environmental management in the region.
With an insured investment of 23 million soles, the regional governor of Cusco, Werner Salcedo Alvarez, has guaranteed its culmination. This modern infrastructure will allow an adequate disposal of solid waste, directly benefiting more than 30 thousand inhabitants of the districts of Taray, Lamay, Coya, Pisac, San Salvador and Calca, located in the heart of the Sacred Valley of the Incas.
During an inspection visit, the executive director of the Copesco Plan, Raul Tagle Sanchez, verified the progress of the work, which will have a storage capacity of 229 thousand cubic meters of solid waste. This will guarantee technical, safe and environmentally responsible management.
The project will contribute to waste reduction in the area, promoting a cleaner and healthier environment for both residents and thousands of national and international tourists who visit the Sacred Valley.
Currently, the project advances towards its final phase, with the culmination of the waterproofing of the final disposal vessel, a measure to protect the soil. This stage has been complemented with the installation of specialized infrastructure that reinforces the operability and safety of the landfill, including geosynthetic mesh, high density textured geomembrane, geotextile, weighing balance, leachate wells and submersible pumps.
