The Mayor’s Office of Medellín invested more than $38.3 billion for these works.
The Medellín Mayor’s Office reported an approximate progress of the 65% in the care and mitigation works for emergencies generated by the first rainy season of 2025.
The intense rainfall caused damage due to mass movements and torrential floods on roads, slopes and other urban and rural infrastructure in the city.
This is how the work progresses
To date there have been interventions 33,816 square meters in the prioritized points under the declaration of Manifest Urgency. The Secretary of Physical Infrastructure of Medellín, Jaime Andrés Naranjo Medinaexplained that “the main objective of these interventions is to recover the tracks, platforms and other affected infrastructure, as well as mitigate the risk associated with instability processes.”
He added that “we have an approximate progress of 65%“, managing to protect the communities in the areas of influence of the points declared in emergency.”
The work focuses on the stabilization of slopes through the construction of retaining walls, active and passive anchorsas well as the profiling of slopes with berms and terraces. Hydraulic works are also carried out such as drainage channels and gutters.
As indicated by the district administration, three work fronts are in the finalization phase:
Vereda Santa Rita, in the San Antonio de Prado district.
Los Balsos sector, in the Santa Elena district.
San Cristóbal Library Park.
According to the manifest emergency contract, work is scheduled to begin in other three fronts located in:
Villatina.
Vereda Manzanillo, Altavista district.
Vereda El Jardín, Altavista district.
The Medellín Mayor’s Office has allocated a total investment that exceeds $38.3 billion for these interventions. The resources are aimed at restoring damaged infrastructure and, fundamentally, at reduce risks for the communities that live in the areas of influence of the points declared in emergency.
Source: Integrated Information System
