📋 Tender Overview
The main modernization works on route PY01 are expected to begin this August in the section between Cuatro Mojones and Pratt Gill. When estimating this progress, the Minister of Public Works and Communications, Claudia Centurion, highlighted the profound human impact of the project, noting that thousands and thousands of people will be able to travel better, safer and with less time wasted in transit. This road transformation seeks to return quality of life to the citizens who daily saturate the current capacity of the route. With the expansion, the infrastructure will almost double its daily capacity to accommodate 50,000 vehicles per day, allowing the route between Ytororo and Paraguari to comfortably support an estimated flow of 25,000 vehicles per day per direction of traffic. The initial deployment of heavy machinery during this second semester will also extend between Fortin Toledo and the Ytororo intersection. These interventions include the mobilization and installation of the camp, milling of pavements, execution of the asphalt concrete layer, microsurfacing, horizontal signage with placement of studs and complementary works. The official schedule of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) foresees that the tasks will then be transferred to Quiindy by 2027. Cutting-edge engineering to untie historical knots To eliminate chronic congestion knots in South Access, the master plan incorporates seven overpasses without traffic lights, including engineering solutions in the Acosta Nu High School, the Ita-Nueva Italia area and Nemby. Among these structures, the solution for Ytororo stands out, consisting of a low-level crossing and a roundabout. The project will also add four new links in San Antonio, Ypane, Ita and Guarambare. In this last location, the plans foresee an overpass with weight type interchanges, designed to provide a road distribution that is completely fluid. To avoid urban centers and separate heavy traffic from local activities, new road variants will be built that will protect the cities. These bypasses include the Yaguaron bypass, with an extension of eight kilometers, and the Roque Gonzalez bypass, of six kilometers, also contemplating the comprehensive rehabilitation of bridges and all drainage systems. Less time on the road and a long-term strategic bet All this investment in infrastructure will allow speeds of up to 100 km/h, reducing the trip to Encarnacion to four and a half hours, which will save an hour and a half on the journey. The strategic plan demands an amount of USD 586 million through the Public-Private Alliance (PPP) modality with the Rutas del Mercosur consortium for thirty years. Date: July 7, 2026
