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They signed the first PPP contracts

The act was in the residence of Olivos and two brokers were awarded. They are more than 1400 kilometers from the National Highways 3, 7 and 226.

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The Minister of Transport, Guillermo Dietrich, has directed the l & # 39; act in which the first two of the six road corridor concession contracts filed under the first phase of road PPP projects. Patricia Gutiérrez, Flamboyant National Highway Administrator, also participated in the event; José Luis Morea; Secretary of the public-private participation of the Ministry of Finance in addition to representatives of the companies involved.

"It is a historic day for the public work of our country.We have signed the first public-private participation contracts to transform the Argentine roads and cease to be death routes." Is a profound change in the way public works are done, in the long run, with transparency and planning, concepts that were not badociated with politics, "said the Minister.

Corridor A will be in charge of the integrated consortium of Paolini, Vial Agro and INC, which will manage 706 km of National Roads in the province of Buenos Aires, from Las Flores to Coronel Dorrego (RN 3) and from Spain. Olavarría in Mar del Plata (NR 226) Among the main works that will be developed over the next four years, there will be the transformation into Las Flores-Azul highway stretch and the adaptation to Dorrego, both on the RN 3. While RN 226 will be transformed on the safe route between Azul and Mar del Plata.

Meanwhile, Corridor Vial C will be responsible for the company José Cartellone Construcciones Civiles, which will manage 778 km of the national road 7 in Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba and Mendoza. The main projects that will have to be carried out over the next four years are the transformation of the urban pbadage of Junín (Buenos Aires) into a highway and the variant of Desaguadero (limit Mendoza / San Luis) and the safe road Junín-Límite Córdoba / San Luis . will continue the road of more than 200 km on the RN 7 which are under construction between Junín and Luján which already has an advance of more than 40% in total.

"The signing of the contract is the starting point for the beginning of one of the most important infrastructure projects in our history.With this tool, we will be able to maintain the level of The record works of the last two years and generate thousands of new opportunities for growth and development for the Argentineans, "said Gutiérrez

. private sector in Argentina and in the long term. The PPP plan aims to fill this huge gap in legacy infrastructure and improve the quality of life of all Argentines with work that has never been done, "said Morea

. Safe Roads and Roads Network is divided into three stages of call for bids.It includes an investment of over $ 12,500 million over the first four years and an additional $ 4,200 million over the next four years. over the next eleven years.

The three stages involve the intervention of more than 7,200 km of national roads, 3,310 kilometers of safe road, 324 kilometers of special works and 26 kilometers of variants; 5 270 kilometers

The remaining 2,077 kilometers will be occupied by the upgrading and maintenance of the existing road network.

The first phase of the PPP highway projects included the call of the "R & D". six new offers road corridors A, B, C, E, F and Over- covering over 3,300 km of national roads in Buenos Aires, Cordoba, La Pampa, Mendoza and Santa Fe. The work plan for these corridors involves work on more than 2,500 km to the construction of new motorways (813 km), safe routes (1,494 km) and special works (252 km), as well as 17 variants in different locations.

The estimated total investment for the first stage is over $ 8,000 million. Total: USD 6,000 million in the first four years and over USD 2,000,000 in subsequent years, undergoing additional work and maintenance. The bidding process for this stage included 32 bids from 10 consortia, consisting of 19 domestic and 7 international companies.