Transport projects are facing messes in their execution. According to the Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR), guarantor for the surveillance of these works, There are 152 projects considered critical, delivered without operating, suspended or as they are commonly called: ‘White Elephants’. These infrastructure challenges compromise more than $ 19.9 billion of state and regional resources, The majority of this possible patrimonial detriment would correspond to road works.
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According to the information provided to this medium by the CGR, the most large project is located in Neiva, Huila. This is the granting project of the Santana – Mocoa – Neiva Road Corridor, in charge of the National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) and that has a value for $ 5.18 billion.
This project, in the hands of the South Route concession, and considered the longest 4G in the country, It has barely an execution of 58.1 % and should be completed for July this year. Its construction began in July 2022 and achieved its financing for December 2023. At the time, interview with this media, Juan Carlos María, general manager of the concession, said they had He had messes associated with the issue of environmental licensing, interaction with indigenous communities in the department of Cauca and Putumayo and purchase of land.
Secondly, the project of the new road mesh of Valle del Cauca is located, also a fourth generation route through the ‘Vial de los Llanos Sas’. According to the CGR this project located in Cali, Valle del Cauca, which exceeds $ 3 billion, which began in the contract in 2015, is considered critical.
According to the Aniscope, ani information source, this work did not exceed the preconstruction stage and could face the risk of liquidating in advance. According to sources close to this medium, this work has had difficulties in financial structuring and obtaining permits, therefore, they have only anticipated maintenance works of the existing layout.
On March 14, communities surrounding the project expressed their intention to maintain this work, however, continue to express their disagreement with the non -start of work. Concession workers, on the other hand, They insisted on the progress that has been despite the decrease in income.
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Third, there is the construction, rehabilitation, improvement and review of the Mulaló – Loboguerrero corridor, of $ 2.8 billion. This work, in the hands of the ANI and in turn from a new way to the sea (Covimar) continues to pedal out to float. In his last communication, the concessionaire openly requested the Government to find a joint solution to carry out the work that has been signed since 2015, since it is currently financing the project with its own resources from its partners and claim that the non -start of works has been given by factors outside the concessionaire, among these, the opposition of some communities to the route defined by the ANI and The delay in issuing the environmental license, which took more than six years to be granted.
In Carmen de Bolívar, the Ruta del Sol 3, which includes San Roque – and Ciénaga and Valledupar – Carmen de Bolívar, is also considered critical. The work of the ANI for $ 2.11 billion remains in work at the hands of Yuma concessionaire.
To close the ‘Top 5’, the variant is located San Francisco – Mocoa, at the hands of the National Roads Institute (Invías) project currently in execution for $ 1.9 billion and has presented troubles. The contract that goes until 2030 still has several kilometers pending to build, a situation that worries the community. To date, substantial resources would still be missing, similar value to the initial one, to culminate with the work.
Other works
In the Department of Meta, the project called “Double Calzadas Villavicencio” is executed by the Meta Infrastructure Agency. According to the available data, its current status is “in execution” and its value amounts to $ 194,641 million. The identified monitoring strategy is “participatory fiscal control” and a change in this strategy has not been reported, staying as “remains the same.”
In Casanare, specifically in the municipality of Maní, An improvement project is developed that connects to the municipalities of peanuts, touramena and monterrey. The responsible entity is the Mayor’s Office. The work also appears as “in execution”, with a registered value of $ 109,244 million. As in the case of goal, the strategy is “participatory fiscal control” and there has been no modifications: “remains the same.”
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The works of the new road mesh of the Valley will begin in the second semester of 2022.
In the municipality of Floridablanca, Santander, the transport company of Bucaramanga Metrolinea appears as responsible for the construction of a station of the mass transport system. The project, called “Construction Construction Metrolínea Papicentro station”, presents a current state of “suspended” and an investment of $ 97,282 million. In this case, it is reported that there has been no intervention under official strategies, also remaining as “remains the same.”
Cundinamarca also appears in the records with the project “Improvement and rehabilitation of the Troncal Vía del Guavio”, located in the municipality of Ubalá. The Institute of Infrastructure and Concessions of Cundinamarca (ICCU) is the entity in charge. The work is “in execution” and has an investment of $ 72,405 million. The identified strategy is “Colombia commitment.” No change of strategy in this case is recorded.
Finally, in Bogotá, the project “Work for Construction to complete the Transmicable System in the San Cristóbal sector” is recorded, which was delivered but is not in operation. The investment value reaches $ 51,674 million. The entity in charge is not specified. The current strategy is “without intervention” and no modification has occurred in it.
Paula Galeano Balaguera
Portfolio journalist
