National Government hopes to intervene 1,585 kilometers of rural roads

by times news cr

2024-09-30 17:17:29

In 2023, a total of 1,035 agreements were signed, within the framework of the Community Paths of Total Peace program, which had an investment of $233,000 million, of which 650 projects are completed with a weighted progress of 76% and the rest in execution. In addition, it is expected to intervene at least 1,585 kilometers of rural roads, with influence in 521 municipalities, distributed in 29 departments.

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By 2024, resources worth $469,648 million were allocated for the improvement and maintenance of regional roads to be executed through the Community Roads of Total Peace program. To date, 1,039 agreements have been signed out of the 1,100 scheduled. In addition, the first public works contracts were signed with communities
Black, Afro-Colombian, Raizales and Palenqueras with an investment of $102,000 million corresponding to 2023.

These works will improve passability on 96 kilometers of tertiary roads in 20 municipalities in 14 departments. In the “Synergy” application of the National Planning Department, the progress of the indicator of regional roads and ancestral roads intervened shows a report for 2023 of 79.74% and 58.26% for 2024, which on average means
an advance of 68.9% in the two years. The 14.33% that appears in the “Synergy” application corresponds to the accumulated execution of the baseline and is taking into account the execution of the years 2025 and 2026, which obviously will be in the coming years.

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On the other hand, Invías structured the Colombia Avanza program that includes the main projects of the secondary network of the Multiannual Investment Plan. To date, the improvement and maintenance of the Matuya – San Cristóbal (Bolívar) road, the rehabilitation of the Mompox – Pinillos corridor and its intervention were awarded, and the studies and designs of other projects are also advancing. In addition, Invías is finishing the execution of the Colombia Rural program and continues the execution of the Connect Territories, Conclude and Conclude, Legality and Reactivation 2.0 programs, which have future validity until 2030.

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