The National Government, through the Ministry of Transportation, confirmed that from next February 20 there will be transitability for tractor-trailers on the Pan-American Highway.
The passage through this section will be preferential for cargo vehicles and its operation will be carried out one day in each direction. Pasto – Popayán and the next, on the Popayán – Pasto route.
(This is the panorama after a month of the collapse in the Panamericana).
“For the government of Change it is very important to comply with the commitments acquired with the community, that is why today we arrived in the company of the General Director of Invías, at this step of the La Sierra – Rosas Depression, where we currently have enabled transit, to review the progress of the works and we can confirm that, in 10 days, we will be making way through the corridor, in this way the south of the country can gradually recover the connectivity it needs to boost the trade of the products that are generated in the region. In this way, I want to highlight the work that this Government has led, through Invías, because it has managed to provide solutions to this contingency in record time ”, This was stated by the Minister of Transportation.
In turn, the General Director of Invías said that “By that date we hope to give way to tractor-trailers with a 30-meter bridge, while the final works for the Pan-American Highway connection continue. For this, we have been working on an action plan with resources of $70,000 million that include the maintenance of alternate routes, so that those who transit between Pasto and Popayán can have transit in safe conditions.”
(Routes, restrictions and schedules on the Pan-American Highway).
He also recalled that those who transit this area in the south of the country have the following routes:
Alternate route 1 – Depression – La Sierra – Rosas (31 km) for light vehicles and loads up to 10 tons. With 44 machines ready, maintenance and improvement works are carried out in the area in restriction strips.
Alternate route 2 – Pasto – Mocoa: San Francisco – El Pepino. Traffic on this road is authorized for light public service and cargo vehicles up to a 30-ton double truck and buses of up to 30 passengers. In the area there are 11 machines for maintenance work.
Alternate route 3 – Sitting Stone – El Tambo – Popayán. Traffic on this road is authorized for light vehicles, passengers and cargo of up to 30 tons. In the area there are 43 machines for maintenance work.
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