📋 Tender Overview
The Minister of Transport and Communications Paola Lazarte reported that the passage of heavy and light vehicles through the Sechn bridge located on the Panamericana Norte in the province of Casma Ancash region has already begun.The resistance tests have already been done and the complete setting or drying of the concrete that was emptied last Sunday was verified. In coordination with the National Police the passage of vehicles was arranged in an orderly manner to guarantee the safety of users said Lazarte Castillo.The information was released by the head of the MTC after the supervision she made together with the president of the Council of Ministers Alberto Otrola at the Sutran Management and Monitoring Center to monitor the state of the roads affected by the rains.The head of the MTC explained that initially it was coordinated so that the bridge is ready in three days which would expire tomorrow Wednesday but all efforts were made so that it can be enabled from today.It should be noted that last week due to the flooding of the river the provisional passage through which the vehicles were traveling collapsed leaving traffic interrupted on the Panamericana Norte.Knowing the incident caused by nature the MTC coordinated from the first day with the concessionaire company to accelerate the completion of the construction of the Sechn bridge that was in its final stage.Last Sunday Minister Paola Lazarte traveled to Casma to verify the progress of the work and coordinate with regional and local authorities the resumption of vehicular traffic.In the afternoon of that same day it culminated with the pouring of concrete on the slab of the Sechn bridge and from that moment it was waiting for its setting that culminated today.TollsMinister Lazarte also announced that after efforts by the MTC the collection of tolls in the Ancash region has been suspended and called for the other toll concessionaires located in areas affected by the rains to join this initiative.
