Between January and June of this year, investments in transportation infrastructure reached US$ 288.6 million, reported the Supervision and Audit management of the ositran.
He indicated that the greater dynamism of the investments in this period was reflected in the infrastructure of the Metro with US$ 114.81 million executed by Line 2 of the Lima and Callao Metro; followed by the highway sector with US$ 84.86 million; the port sector with US$ 79.16 million and airports with capital for US$ 9.80 million.
In this way, the accumulated investment in transportation infrastructure made through the Public-Private Association (PPP) mechanism as of June this year totaled US$10,274 million, which represented 61.79% of the total investment commitments of the concessionaires.
Regarding the level of progress, that is, accumulated investments versus investment commitments, road infrastructure represents 94.73%, followed by capital in ports 63.3%, railways and lines 1 and 2 of the Lima Metro 51.7%; and airports 21.91%, he added.
The Ositrán supervises 32 concession contracts that include 16 national highways, 18 airports, 8 ports, 2 railways, lines 1 and 2 of the Lima Metro and a waterway.
By sector
The supervisory body reported that valued investments in June reached US$70.90 million, supported mainly by the capitals of Line 2 with the execution of US$47.61 million.
The second sector that led the executed investments was that of ports with US$ 9.47 million. The South Dock of Callao Container Terminal, the Paita Port Terminal and the Multipurpose North Terminal of the Port of Callao stood out.
The highway category ranked third in investments with US$ 7.11 million in June.
On the other hand, the amount of investments of the airports rose to US$ 6.70 million driven by the expansion works of the Jorge Chávez International Airport.
