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What is perhaps the biggest step in the construction of the eastern tunnel was completed on Wednesday: the union of the two working fronts, that of Medellín and the San Nicolás Valley.
In the highway megaproject construction sector, next to the Toyo Tunnel, the largest of the last five decades, employees celebrated the discovery on both sides.
For Norman Correa, the event is excellent news for Antioquia: "We have seen the light," we will see it next year, "he said.
The concession of Túnel Aburrá Oriente, in charge of the works, details the project which foresees the construction of about 24 kilometers, between tunnels, viaducts and exchangers of roads. The value is estimated at 1.18 billion pesos.
It starts in Medellin, in the Baltimore sector of the Las Palmas dual lane road, where a road interchange will be constructed to allow access to the first tunnel, a length of 774 meters, then there will be an open lane in the center-east. Valle de Aburrá, through which the project's second tunnel, 8.2 km long, will be used, highlighting the implementation of high safety standards.
Although the government of Antioquia hopes that December 21 officially unite the union of the two fronts, Gilberto Quintero, infrastructure secretary of Antioquia, explained last August that while progressing in the past, it is important to note that. evacuation, measuring 8.2 km, and meeting Santa Elena 1, a difficulty was detected. It was at this point that we reached the point (770 meters before joining the tunnels), which the experts immediately solved.
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