摘要: |
The construction of the new Pamplona Cucuta highway in Colombia is delivering an important economic boost for the north of the country. With this project, the Ministry of Public Works of Colombia intends to solve traffic problems in the border area between Colombia and Venezuela, as well as for the northeast of the country. The new Pamplona-Cucuta highway is one of the most important infrastructure projects that Colombia's National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) put out to tender in recent years. The project was awarded to the Union Vial Rio Pamplonita Concessionaire, a company that belongs to the Spanish group Sacyr. At present the work is around 86% complete. The project forms part of Colombia's massive infrastructure programme, which is known as the Fourth Generation Concessions. The main objective of this particular project is to improve the road connection between the city of Pamplona and Cucuta. A further aspect to the project is that it will connect with the Bucaramanga-Pamplona highway, which will improve connectivity between central Colombia and the neighbouring nation, Venezuela. The aim of the work will be to rehabilitate the existing highway as well as to carry out the construction of a second carriageway. The project will provide a total of 50km of new road (betweendual carriageway and single carriageway) and the rehabilitation of 72km of the existing route between Pamplona and Betania (Los Patios). |