📋 Tender Overview
Minister Aldo Prieto indicated that the budget execution of the sector reached 74.8% as of October of this year.The Minister of Transportation and Communications, Aldo Prieto Barrera, supported before the Congress of the Republic the institutional budget assigned for the year 2026, which amounts to more than S/ 12,970 million.
During his presentation in the chamber, the head of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC) projected important goals aimed at improving the countrys connectivity with a vision of achieving adequate transportation and communications infrastructure and services by 2030. Each sun is oriented towards infrastructure, territorial integration and development, he highlighted.
Among the sectors portfolio of strategic projects for 2026, the minister highlighted Line 2 of the Lima and Callao Metro, the Chinchero International Airport, the new Central Highway, the Pasco - Tingo Maria highway, the San Miguel de Cajamarca highway, the Huamalies highway, the implementation of the 911 Emergency Attention Center, as well as the expansion of broadband for Internet and the development of preliminary projects for lines 3 and 4 of the Lima Metro. Lima.
Progress of budget execution
Regarding the progress of budget execution, the minister reported that at the end of October of this year, 74.8% of the budget was used, equivalent to S/ 9,597.8 million, about S/ 465 million more than in the same period in 2024. We project that by December, the sector will reach an execution level of more than 97.5%, he estimated.
Among the main achievements, the planned maintenance of 707 kilometers of non-concessioned roads for this year and the projection of 1,227 kilometers of roads for 2026 stood out, with the purpose of guaranteeing adequate passability in various regions.
He also reported that for this year it is estimated that the integrated transportation system of Lima and Callao, Line 1 of the Lima Metro and the Metropolitan will mobilize 204.3 million passengers, while by 2026 the figure would increase to 205.8 million passengers.
Furthermore, to continue with the regulation of land transportation, the MTC expects that 1.10 million inspections will be carried out this year and that this will rise to 1.17 million for next year.
The head of the MTC also highlighted that work is being done to connect more citizens through internet services. Therefore, it is expected to provide services to 1.1 million people this year, with a projection of 1.7 million people in 2026, especially in rural areas through broadband Internet projects. Thus, internet access is expanded in regions such as Ayacucho, Cusco, Apurimac, Huancavelica, Puno, Cajamarca, as well as in Amazonas, Loreto, Ucayali and Madre de Dios.
In this way, the MTC reaffirmed the responsible use of resources to promote works and services that improve peoples mobility, boost the economy and close connectivity gaps throughout the national territory.
