The Valle Infrastructure Observatory (OIV) warns about the vulnerability of the Port of Buenaventura in its connectivity with the country, while calling for the Mulaló-Loboguerrero corridor is completed that will connect with the center of the country, and will generate costs and efficiencies in the movement of cargo.
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This body led by the Andi Valle del Cauca Section, the Western Sectional Colombian Chamber of Infrastructure and ProPacífico, warns of various situations in the area.
He mentions that the cracking of the Cali-Dagua-Loboguerrero highway on October 27, which kept the corridor disabled for more than a month, added to the constant landslides in the Mediacanoa-Loboguerrero corridor have kept the port in a vulnerable situation.
Another problem that occurs on the road has to do with the blockades carried out by inhabitants of the area and indigenous communities.
All of the above, with harmful social and economic consequences in terms of the impact that this has one the competitiveness and logistics chain of the region and the country, says OIV.
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“This highlights the importance of having the Mulaló-Loboguerrero corridor, which has been in the pre-construction stage for seven years and is the only 4G project that has not yet started the construction stage.”, he emphasizes.
For the Observatory, having the Mulaló-Loboguerrero corridor “would allow a reduction of 52 km in length and 20% of transit timesin front of the Cali – Mediacanoa – Loboguerrero corridor, representing significant savings for the entire logistics chain and transportation in the order of $640,000 million.”
The above, add, if Note that the usual route would use 12 more gallons of ACPM than it would if it were running the Mulaló – Loboguerrero road. And he argues that it is “a work that connects not only the industrial zones of Valle del Cauca, but that it is also the last mile of the Pacific – Orinoquia connection.”
He recalled that the Comptroller considers the best option to make the agreement with the concessionaire viable to restore the economic balance of the contract and be able to start the construction phase.
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This, “since the State would be obliged to pay a figure in the order of $640,000 for early termination and liquidation of the contract, considerably higher than the nearly $415,000 million that it costs to update the prices of the contract, considering the difference in prices with in 2015, the date on which the contract was signed, which was paralyzed for 7 years due to environmental licensing issues”.
“We join the call for the agreement between the National Government and the concessionaire to materialize so that the start of the construction phase of this important project can be made viable,” said the Observatory.
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