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The interconnection of the jungle is becoming a reality. The construction works of the Nanay Bridge one of the longest structures in the entire country with a total length of 2.3 kilometers present 53.73 of physical progress and it is estimated that it will be completed and placed at the service of the population of Loreto during the second semester of next year.The President of the Republic Martn Vizcarra and the Minister of Transport and Communications Carlos Estremadoyro supervised the progress of this important infrastructure project that will be constituted as the first section of a highway that will connect the city of Iquitos with the area of Mazn. This will enable urban growth towards non-flooded areas and from where the region can be connected by river with the native communities located on the border with Colombia thus contributing to the economic and social integration of the country.This colossal infrastructure located in the Punchana district Maynas province will benefit more than 121 thousand inhabitants of the region providing users with a road with the highest safety standards for efficient and safe transportation.The project has an investment of more than S 613 million and includes the Nanay bridge with an extension of 437 meters two access viaducts one on the right bank of 1184 meters and another on the left bank of 319.90 meters in addition of a ramp on the left bank 126.50 meters. It will also have two main towers 80 meters high located on the left and right banks of the river from where the superstructure of the bridge will be hung.The works are in charge of the Puentes Loreto Consortium and it is estimated that they will conclude by the second semester of 2021. The work was restarted after being suspended during the national health emergency period decreed by the Government due to the expansion of Covid-19 in our country. To this end all the required sanitary protocols have been implemented and thus be able to give continuity to the works of the bridge.Covid-19 free urban transportAt another time and continuing with efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic President Vizcarra and Minister Estremadoyro delivered a total of 96500 face shields for distribution among public transport users in the city of Iquitos.During the delivery of the sanitary implements the head of the MTC called on the population not to lower their guard in the fight against Covid-19 and to continue to abide by the biosecurity protocols. We are delivering a batch of 96 thousand face shields so that the population can protect itself against this virus that is still among us he said.The face shields were received by the mayor of the Maynas provincial municipality Vctor Castillo on behalf of the mayor Francisco Sanjurjo at the Coronel FAP Francisco Secada Vignetta international airport in Iquitos.With this preventive measure the MTC seeks that the regular transport vehicles of people at the provincial level do not become sources of contagion since with the face shield people are prevented from touching their eyes and nose which is where the coronavirus is transmitted.Likewise the MTC has implemented a mobile application to guarantee that the free delivery of face shields to users of urban public transport is carried out in an orderly and transparent manner in the beneficiary cities.It is a technological tool through which the local government authorities in charge of delivering the protectors record the data of the citizens who receive the face shields with the mere presentation of the DNI. The delivery man appointed by the municipality takes a photo of each citizen who receives a shield as a confirmation of delivery.It is important to note that the National Sustainable Urban Transportation Program Promotility is in charge of the distribution of these personal protection elements for which it has coordinated and provided technical assistance to the authorities and officials of 141 provincial municipalities in the interior of the country.
