Chile's Ministry of Public Works has revealed that work on the Vespucio Oriente highway will now cost US$2 billion.
March 1, 2012
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906 Chile's Ministry of Public Works has revealed that work on the Vespucio Oriente highway will now cost US$2 billion. The complexity of the project is the cause for the cost increase. The tender process for the project should commence by mid-2012. The project will be for a 13km length and much of it will run underground, with the route crossing seven districts. Work is expected to begin in 2014.
Delays may be a possibility for the construction of the Agua Negra Tunnel, which will run through the Andes mountain range and connect Argentina and Chile. The tendering process is being held back while further geological studies are carried out. An analysis of the initial geological work carried out so far for the project has highlighted a number of discrepancies with the information gathered. It is known that there are three main fault lines cutting across the intended tunnel route however. The tunnel
