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With the aim of enhancing the connectivity and productivity of the agricultural sector in the south of the country, the improvement works of the Py18 route (export corridor) in the Cruce Kimex, Kressburg and Carlos Antonio Lopez, department of Itapua, departing an average advance of 30% in their two lots. This is a work that is in full execution and that will generate a lot of benefit to an extremely productive and very industrial area, connecting local production with better roads and the best infrastructure to reach our homes well. The important thing is that, after correcting some elements, we are recovering land, said Tuesday the Minister of Public Works and Communications (MOPC), Ing. Claudia Centurion, during a technical visit to the place. The activity carried out is part of the monitoring of the Improvement and Rehabilitation project of the Cruce Kimex-Carlos Antonio Lopez, which is executed under the Road Corridors Improvement and Conservation Program (PR-L1105), with financing from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through loan No. 3837/OC-RR. Details of the work The work consists of the asphalt paving of 57.22 kilometers of the Py18 route, divided into two sections or lots. Lot 1, which goes from the Kimex crossing to Kressburg (27.40 km), has a 30%advance. Lot 2, which goes from Kressburg to Carlos Antonio Lopez (29.82 km), also records a similar advance. Both sections include urban crossings - in Kressburg and Virgen del Carmen - and access to the city of Carlos Antonio Lopez. Women in work As in each work carried out by the MOPC, the minister valued the presence of many of them in the works, for example, in the supervision. Here we are with the engineers of the Ministry, others of the inspection. We have a very important presence in all the sectors that do to the road work. On the field, in Cabinet and today it is my turn to lead, he said. Responsible companies All this is carried out through the MOPC International Public Bid No. 92/2021, whose awarded firms are, in lot 1 the EBD Construcciones company for an amount of G. 88.224 million, while lot 2 is the responsibility of the New Generation Consortium (Sotec S.A. and Constructora Asuncion S.A.) by G. 104,090 million. Date: April 29, 2025
