Colombia sets road concession plan in progress

A series of road concessions will be put out to tender in Colombia. The country’s government intends to put 11,000km of road projects out for concession by December 2018. So far 34 of the 4G highway tenders have been set into motion, including 17 as contracts, another 14 that have been awarded and three that are in the process of being awarded. Two projects from the second phase of the 4G road programme, the Sisga-El Secreto highway and the Puerta de Hierro project, have been given the green light to start construction. A total of nine schemes form part of the second phase of the 4G programme. One major project in hand is the Canas Gordas-Uramita-Mutata-El Tigre road, costing US$553.66 million. On the top of the 4G scheme, there are plans for 57 other secondary road projects across 21 department under the 'Vias para la Equidad' programme. Three major schemes in Boyaca are planned, including: Puente Boyaca-Samaca, El Crucero-Pajarito and Transversal de Boyaca (Chinquinquira-Dos y medio).The Vias para la Equidad tender commenced recently and all projects will be awarded by November 2015.