Colombia tunnel building work

Excavation work will be complete on a new tunnel stretch in Colombia in Q3 2020.
By MJ Woof May 27, 2020 Read time: 1 min
Work is progressing on Colombia’s Occident Tunnel project - image © courtesy of Wollertz, Dreamstime.com

Driving work will be complete for the second Occident Tunnel section in Colombia during October 2020.

The link forms part of the highway route connecting the city of Medellin with Santa Fe and Uraba. In all, the tunnel will measure 4.6km when it has been bored, with more than 3.6km having already been driven.

The new Autopista al Mar 1 road, including the Occident Tunnel, should be complete by 2022. The project is being managed by Colombia's national infrastructure agency (ANI) and forms part of the country’s road development programme.

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