The closure of the plain road completes eight days without an estimated reopening date and has already left accumulated losses for $ 55,493 million in the cargo transport sector. According to Fedetranscarga, Daily losses reach $ 6,936 million on average, a figure that increases with each interruption day, due to the cumulative nature of the impact.
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The organization pointed out that economic affectation comes from income not received by the immobilization of 3,100 daily cargo vehicles that have not been able to meet their usual routes. According to the balance, The transport of merchandise ceased to receive $ 42.9 billion in direct revenues, to which $ 584 million for logistics hours of stranded vehicles or with breeding contracts and $ 12,010 million per unemployed profit are added.
Fedetranscarga indicated that the magnitude of the situation shows the need to enable solutions that allow the total reactivation of the road or the arrangement of an alternate route for heavy load traffic.
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A collapse on the plain road has affected the traffic of food and fuel.
Milton Diaz
Regions with greater affectation
Losses have not been distributed uniformly in the country. Fedetranscarga reported that Orinoquía is the most affected region, due to the daming of merchandise that fails to reach the Altiplano Cundiboyacense.
The Central Caribbean also faces relevant impacts, mainly due to the reduction of crude oil transport to the Cartagena refinery (reply).
For its part, in Buenaventura the contingency has had an impact on international trade, given the slowdown in the exit and entry of products from and to the most important port in the country.
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They announce reinforcement of measures to guarantee mobility and safety on the road to the plain.
Mauricio Moreno
Impacted productive sectors
Products with greater difficulties to mobilize have been construction materials, Crude and fuels, beer, fertilizers, corn, palm oil, rice, and chicken and pork meat. The partial paralysis of road trade and the slowdown in the flow of goods have directly affected these sectors.
Fedetranscarga reiterated that “The plain road is vital for the national economy,” Therefore, real and prompt measures are adopted in the face of contingency.
The entity concluded that, while the route continues closed and without an efficient alternative for heavy load mobilization, the losses will continue to grow day after day.
Paula Galeano Balaguera
Portfolio journalist
