Ivanka Trump announced $ 400 million road investment – News

Ivanka Trump announced Thursday in Jujuy that Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Opic) will allocate $ 400 million to the public-private participation project of National Highway 7, over 700 km.

The governor of Jujeño, Gerardo Morales, declared Chain 3 "there has been an important announcement from CIPO which is the funding agency".

For his part, the Minister of Transport of the Nation, Guillermo Dietrich, said: "With this work, we add road safety to those who use our routes, especially 7, which is a route of death."

"In addition, jobs are being created to build quality infrastructure and reduce logistics costs for the growth of economies in all regions, this is the path we have chosen with President Macri and with this new funding, we continue in this direction, namely to improve the quality of life of all Argentines, "added the official.

With these funds, more than 80% of the planned investments will be executed under the Public-Private Partnerships program in Corridor C, in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba and Mendoza.

The National Highway 7 is a radial road from the metropolitan area of ​​Buenos Aires, which connects the main agricultural towns of northwestern Buenos Aires Province and the first international corridor of Argentina, which connects the municipalities of Luján, San Andrés de Giles. , Carmen de Areco, Chacabuco and Junín.

It serves as an international corridor and is crossed by more than 10,000 vehicles a day. Demand for highway construction, because of its high accident rate and heavy traffic, was a historic claim that had been postponed and ignored for years.

The road already has 39 kilometers of open highway.

In dialogue with Chain 3Ezequiel Christie, executive director of national road planning and concessions, said the work program will generate more than 3,000 direct and indirect jobs, contribute to regional development by reducing transport costs and provide better working conditions. traffic to users, thus improving road safety.

The loan granted to our country by the Investment Committee of the Private Investment Corporation Abroad (OPIC) will allow this country to carry out this project.

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