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The regional governor of Lambayeque, Jorge Perez Flores, expressed his rejection of the construction of a land terminal in the area of influence of the future Chiclayo international airport, considering that the project does not have an adequate technical evaluation and is not contemplated within the citys Metropolitan Development Plan.
The position was raised during a tense technical meeting with representatives of Aeropuertos del Peru (ADP), the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of Peru (MTC), management of the Regional Government and the representative of a private transportation company, which is promoting the construction of a bus terminal in an area near the new airport.
During the dialogue table, the governor warned that the private initiative was not considered in the demand and passability studies prepared for the road planning of the sector, which could generate a negative impact on the urban mobility system and the comprehensive design of the airport project.
The regional authority recalled that the Regional Government has been executing and managing important road infrastructure projects that exceed 700 million soles, with the objective of ordering urban growth and guaranteeing adequate access to the future airport and other logistics corridors.
In that sense, he questioned the intention to develop a land terminal in an area not foreseen within the territorial planning.
We are not against private investment, but projects must respect urban planning and existing technical studies. We cannot allow one project to disrupt the entire system that has been designed for the city, he said.
The governor also explained that the area already has transitability difficulties, especially in the accesses to the Panamericana Norte, so the installation of a bus terminal without comprehensive planning could aggravate traffic congestion.
Likewise, he indicated that one of the main objectives of regional planning is to prevent interprovincial transportation from continuing to enter the urban area of Chiclayo, a situation that currently generates congestion and road planning problems.
Faced with this, he proposed to the Cruz del Sur company to join the project of the new land terminal that is being planned for the city, which contemplates a strategic location near the Panamericana and would allow buses to enter and leave directly through the periphery, without having to cross the center of the city.
The objective is to organize transportation and prevent buses from continuing to enter the historic center. What we are looking for is a comprehensive solution that articulates private investment with urban planning, he said.
For her part, Mayor Janet Cubas admitted that she was surprised with the processing of a license for other purposes. We were told that it was a passenger terminal connecting to the airport, but now we see that it is a land terminal, he said.
Governor Jorge Perez also requested that detailed technical information be provided about the terminal project promoted by the company, including the status of the file, the impact studies and the corresponding licenses, in order to evaluate its viability and compatibility with metropolitan plans.
The authorities and representatives of the institutions involved agreed to continue the dialogue and scheduled a new meeting for Thursday, March 12, where the technical documentation will be reviewed and alternatives will be evaluated to make private investment compatible with the urban development planned for Chiclayo.
The regional authority insisted that the growth of the city and the construction of the new airport must respond to comprehensive planning that guarantees connectivity, territorial planning and sustainability in the development of the region.
