📋 Tender Overview
With the objective of maintaining the connectivity of the city after the closure of the Uchumayo bridge, the Regional Government of Arequipa, in coordination with the competent entities, enabled an alternative operational route of approximately 8 kilometers that allows the transit of vehicles entering and exiting Arequipa.
The measure is part of a contingency plan that establishes dividing the vehicular flow into two routes, preventing all traffic from concentrating on the Cerro Verde road.
In that sense, heavy-duty vehicles will continue to circulate on the highway known as Cerro Verde, in both directions, from the intersection with the Pan-American highway to the Uchumayo sector, and then continue through Tiabaya to their respective destinations.
Smaller vehicles, minivans, vans and passenger transport buses must use the alternate route, which then leads from the Cerro Verde tunnel, passing along the side of the Supermix plant. This route connects with the Panamericana Sur highway, where drivers can continue their usual route.
The route can be traveled in approximately 15 minutes in light vehicles, which will alleviate part of the traffic flow entering and leaving the city. This road has the characteristics of a motorable track, so irrigation actions are being carried out to reduce dust and improve passability conditions, in addition to reinforcing signage to guide drivers.
Likewise, it was reported that the return to Arequipa will also be carried out by this same alternate route, allowing an orderly vehicle flow to be maintained while measures continue to address the road emergency in the Uchumayo sector.
The Regional Government of Arequipa will continue to coordinate actions with the competent entities to guarantee vehicular circulation and reduce the impact generated by the emergency on this important access route to the city.
