The Maritime Port Terminal of Lambayeque it would require an investment of US$530 million, reported Proinversión. This project can be executed through the Public Private Partnership (PPP) mechanism.
In this regard, the executive director of the institution, José Salardi, met with regional and local authorities and announced that the signing of an agreement between the National Port Authority, the regional government of Lambayeque and Proinversión is being articulated.
Salardi and his technical team accompanied the regional governor of Lambayeque and its officials to the land reserved for the development of the future Port Terminal of Lambayeque. During this tour, they also visited the 5,000-hectare land where the Lambayeque Industrial Park could be established and evaluated the best alternative for promotion.
Meanwhile, the regional governor of the region, Jorge Pérez, highlighted the commitment of the promotion agency to promote public-private investments for the benefit of the region. “Lambayeque it is made available for economic growth and social development” commented Pérez and showed interest in developing six projects in key sectors such as transportation, agriculture and health for close to S/10,000 million.
Another initiative on the way to being developed is the Drinking Water Treatment Plant (PTAP) No. 2, located in the district of José Leonardo Ortiz. Precisely, in order to give it impetus, the head of Proinversión and his technical team visited the plant where an expansion project will be carried out.
“There is a need for greater private investment, since we have a deficit of 3,500 m3 of drinking water per second,” said Víctor Mondragón, general manager of the EPSEL sanitation service provider. “Pimentel is one of the most affected districts, we were not able to even cover 30% of the demand for drinking water,” commented the mayor of Pimentel, Enrique Navarro.
Due to this situation, the director of Decentralized Investments of Proinversión, Denisse Miralles, affirmed that there is an expansion project to develop it through Works for Taxes. It has a profile and is ready to start the selection process, for an estimated amount of more than S/12 million. Benefiting more than 64 thousand residents of the districts of Leonardo Ortiz, San José and Pimentel, in Chiclayo.
