President Guillermo Lasso announced today, February 11, 2022, the construction of a 40-kilometer highway in the Sierra and the repair of secondary roads after recent storms that caused serious damage to the road network.
The road that connects the towns of Latacunga and La Maná, in the province of Cotopaxi, It will require an investment of about $15 million and six months of work until its delivery, the President explained in a meeting with other authorities to assess the damage in The Mana
“The loss of material goods is a shame, but we are going to help them recover them,” he emphasized. lassowhich since Thursday has been going through sectors affected by the heavy rainfall registered in Ecuador, both in the coastal and Andean regions.
The president highlighted the “quick action” of the emergency services officials who prevented the loss of human lives and took the opportunity to offer loans with 1% interest and a term of 30 years for those who lost their businesses and for public works in affected municipalities.
At the end of January, heavy rains caused several rivers to overflow, dragging with them electrical networks, Houses and roads in different cities of the Ecuadorian central highlands.
10 affected rural parishes in Cotopaxi
Oswaldo Colonel, Governor of Cotopaximade a recount of the damage caused by intense rainfall in the canton of The Mana, that left some 10 rural parishes and more than 30 communities and precincts affected and incommunicado.
For his part, the Minister of Transport and Public Works, Marcelo Cabrerasigned an emergency declaration that will allow road works to be carried out to rehabilitate the road Latacunga-La Maná which suffered more than 29 landslides due to the storm.
He also offered the help of his State Portfolio for the “reconstruction of the bridges that we still have to build” throughout the affected community.
El Palmar was affected
In Cotopaxi, El Palmar was severely damaged and may have to be moved to another site, according to authorities.
There, the homes of some 200 people were affected and the church is about to collapse, they said.
The Minister of Human Development and Housing, Darío Herrera, explained that some $795,000 will be needed to build new emergency houses for those affected by the storm and that they must settle on land donated by the Municipality.
In his appearance on the evaluation of actions in the face of the emergency, the minister asked the local authorities for speed to achieve the objective.
