📋 Tender Overview
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC) has 30 heavy machines ready to intervene in the event of any emergency on the roads of the Piura region, especially , during the eventual presence of the El Niño phenomenon.
This was indicated by Minister Raúl Pérez Reyes, upon arriving in the Piura region, together with a team of technicians from the sector, to supervise the progress of works carried out by the MTC, as a prevention, against the possible effects of the weather phenomenon.
After the supervision of the Carrasquillo bridge, in the province of Morropón, it was ordered that Provias Nacional coordinate and collaborate with equipment with the National Water Authority for the cleaning of the Piura River channel to protect the bridges of the city of Piura and the La Puente Bridge. Villa in the Canchaque district.
Likewise, it was found that the construction of the La Huaquilla bridge registers an progress of 85% in its execution. This work, developed by Provías Descentralizado for S/ 1.9 million, will replace the structure that collapsed at the beginning of the year due to the effects of Yaku.
Minister Raúl Pérez Reyes added that the MTC purchased 42 modular bridges to replace those that suffer damage and, in this way, restore traffic as soon as possible.
Rehabilitation work
Minister Pérez Reyes also supervised the work to enable the Desvío Palambla-Desvío Naranjo route, an alternative route to the Canchaque-Huacabamba national highway, which will facilitate the transportation of cargo and the movement of people. Here, the work is 40% complete. This intervention, of 14 kilometers, is in charge of Provías Nacional and an investment of S/12.5 million has been allocated.
On the route, in the district of San Miguel del Faique, Pérez Reyes held a meeting with the mayors of Canchaque, San Miguel del Faique and Huancabamba to evaluate the needs of the area and intervene in other routes that allow the road connection between Canchaque and Huancabamba.
It should be noted that, as the first activity in Piura, Minister Pérez Reyes participated, together with the heads of the Ministries of Defense and the Interior, in the first national Drill in the face of intense rains and associated dangers, organized by Indeci in different regions of the country.
