📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Transport and Communications awarded the Pichari Bridge improvement project located at km 15 of the Kimbiri Pichari Yoyato national highway in the Kimbiri district Cusco in a public tender. The Cusco Puente Pichari consortium won the bid to build this bridge which will be 60 meters long whose proposal amounted to S 17 215 645. This infrastructure which will be located on the Pichari River will benefit more than 1025650 inhabitants of the province of La Convencion in the Cusco region. According to Provas Nacional the executing unit of the MTC the bridge will have four lanes two in each direction in addition to pedestrian walkways to facilitate the transit of Pichari residents as this structure will be located in an urban area. The execution of this important work will improve traffic conditions in this area of Vraem and will strengthen integration between the towns through which the Kimbiri-Pichari-Yoyato-Pangoa highway crosses which connects the departments of Cusco and Ayacucho. In addition this infrastructure will facilitate the transfer of agricultural products from the Apurmac Ene and Mantaro Valley area to the food markets and will reduce transportation times and costs. Provas Nacional estimates that the work will begin in May after the supervision of the work is awarded which is in the selection process.
