The discussion for the Bogota Metro seems to never end. On Wednesday, February 1, President Gustavo Petro He criticized the elevated project proposed by Mayor Claudia López.
(Read: Claudia and her request to Petro: to co-finance the Regiotram del Norte).
The president described it as a “gross” and a “chambonada”, according to his statements to the media.
It should be remembered that Petro proposes to carry out a section of the first line in a underground with a cost of 33 billion, according to the Head of State and the studies he developed during his mayoralty. This for a coverage of 32 kilometers and 27 stations.
In counterpart, andThe elevated metro only offers 17 stations for a value of 35 billion pesos. For this reason, he added that if the elevated project continues, the next three generations “will curse us.”
(Also: Claudia López’s warning to Petro for the Bogotá Metro).
Even with this, the mayoress continues with the current project. “The first line of the Bogotá Metro is 18% complete, costs $22.3 billion, is being built today by 4,200 workers, begins at Bosa/Kennedy and ends at 72 with Caracas. There begins the second line that goes underground to Suba and Engativá“López clarified through his Twitter account.
After the last meeting between the President and the Mayor, it was agreed that the Government and the district administration will hold two working groups to analyze the concepts about the viability of a part of the Metro underground.
Despite the proposals of the Chinese consortium, the president insisted on his proposal to underground the first line and that 1 km be made through tunnels from Carrera 50 with Calle Primera de Mayo to Calle 72 in a route of more than 13 km under Earth.
(Keep reading: Conclusions of the meeting to analyze the Metro: What would you change?).
In any case, the mayoress Claudia López insisted that the works corresponding to the first line of the metroor under no circumstances will they be stopped and that they will continue.
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