The former regional governor of Junín, Fernando Orihuela, warned about a dark intention on the part of the College of Engineers of Peru (CIP) – Lima Departmental Council, to destabilize and frustrate the megaproject of the new Central Highway or four-lane highway that already has a defined route and is advancing under the government-to-government modality between Peru and France.
Orihuela announced that on December 5, the CIP Lima issued a statement in which it affirmed the alleged “infeasibility” of the project and once again questioned the international contract modality. For the former governor, these are recycled arguments and already overcome in the technical process.
“The project already has an approved route from Ate to Yauli-La Oroya, has a Unique Investment Code and is viable in the National Investment System. There is no basis to affirm that it is unviable,” he remarked.
He recalled that, for years, the CIP Lima – under the leadership of the then dean Roque Benavides – has insisted on promoting an alternative route to the one already approved, which would imply going back on the process and delaying the work for several more years. According to the PMO Vías schedule, with the support of the Multisectoral Committee and former regional authorities, the highway should be completed in 2030.
Orihuela called on the regional authorities, Junín congressmen, members of the Multisector Committee and citizens to “firmly” defend the project and stop any maneuver aimed at boycotting it “for the subordinate purposes of business groups.”
