ANI to auction 13 Colombian road projects in H1 2014

Colombia's national infrastructure agency ANI will auction 13 road projects with a combined value of more than US$7.87 billion (COP 15 trillion) in H1 2014, out of 40 planned. Nine of the scheduled auction projects have gone through the pre-qualification stage and will be definitely awarded in the first quarter of next year. In total, all 40 projects will involve investments of COP 47tn. The plan is to improve 8,000kms of roads in the country.
September 24, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
Colombia's national infrastructure agency ANI will auction 13 road projects with a combined value of more than US$7.87 billion (COP 15 trillion) in H1 2014, out of 40 planned.

Nine of the scheduled auction projects have gone through the pre-qualification stage and will be definitely awarded in the first quarter of next year. In total, all 40 projects will involve investments of COP 47tn. The plan is to improve 8,000kms of roads in the country.

Four projects will be put through pre-qualification soon. These include a 260km road section between Villavicencio and Yopal; a 191km road section between Neiva and Girardot; 80kms between Rumichaca and Pasto; and 173kms between Puerta de Hierro-Palmar de Varela and Carreto-Cruz del Viso.

The nine projects that have gone through pre-qualification include a road between Girardot and Puerto Salgar that will be awarded in January 2014; one between Mulalo and Loboguerrero; a perimeter road in Cundinamarca; one between Cartagena and Barranquilla and two sections of Autopistas de la Prosperidad which will all be awarded in February 2014.
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