📋 Tender Overview
Executive Director of Provias Descentralizado supervised the work of the project and the Picota bridge in the region.The Tarata vehicular bridge, located in the San Martin region, registers a progress of 47%. This was announced by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC), through its executing unit Provias Descentralizado (PVD).
During a technical visit to the work, which is being built on the Huallaga River, the executive director of Provias Descentralizado, Cesar Alvis, highlighted the importance of the infrastructure, pointing out that it will boost the local economy and tourism, in addition to providing security to citizens, who currently must cross the river through rafts.
The future Tarata vehicular bridge will directly benefit more than 32,000 people in the districts of Juanjui, Pajarillo and nearby communities. In addition, it will significantly reduce travel times and strengthen connectivity in the area, highlighted the manager, who was accompanied by Congresswoman Karol Paredes.
This infrastructure, executed by Provias Descentralizado, has an investment of S/ 374 million and includes the construction of a 510-meter-long bridge, accompanied by paved accesses on both banks of the river.
On the other hand, the executive director and his technical team went to the Picota district, in the same region, to supervise the work of the bridge that bears the same name and which will benefit more than 25,000 people. The suspension bridge, more than 263 meters long, will reduce travel times, improve local commerce and facilitate access to essential services such as health and education. It has an investment of more than S/ 101 million.
In this way, the MTC, through Provias Descentralizado, reaffirms its commitment to closing gaps in road connectivity and promoting economic and social development in the regions of the country.
