The regional governor of Tacna Juan Tonconi Quispe blamed the constant changes of ministers in the Ministry of Transport and Communications, three in four months, for the delay in the execution of the double track to Boca del Río and the bidding of the second section to Collpa .
He said that after the “Tacna Agenda” today and tomorrow they will be in Lima to demand that the national government fulfill the commitments such as the Tacna to Boca del Río highway, which has an approved budget for 2022 and has been updated for the second time, but is not bidding.
Delay in emblematic projects
“They are not launching it because there are many changes in the Ministry of Transport and Communications, they change the minister, he changes vice ministers, the vice minister changes national directors, in this case the director of Provías and the director of Provías changes some heads in its executing unit, that somehow harms, that’s why now once and for all it’s going to start “, stated the authority.
He stressed that the other thing that is going to be fulfilled is the second section of the Tacna to Collpa highway, whose file is already concluded and has to enter into a bidding process in mid-July, since this has been another commitment of the executive and has with a defined budget for 2023.
Regarding the case of the hospital, whose contingency component of 16 million soles has not yet been put out to tender, he replied that the delay is due to the “trajín” of the file between offices since it passes to the supervisor and he returns it to the user area so that review it and provide comments.
