Plans are being drawn up in Colombia for a number of new tertiary roads in Valle del Cauca Department. A new highway will be built in Valle del Cauca department, while a new road will improve connections between Mulalo and Loboguerrero.
September 12, 2018
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Plans are being drawn up in Colombia for a number of new tertiary roads in Valle del Cauca Department. A new highway will be built in Valle del Cauca department, while a new road will improve connections between Mulalo and Loboguerrero.
Funding is being provided for our projects that form part of Colombia’s 4G road development programme. The Inter-American Development Bank Group’s private sector subsidiary, IDB Invest, is supplying close to US$207 million for the four road projects to the development firms handling the works. IDB Invest is in turn borrowing the sum from Colombia’s national development bank Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional (FDN). In all Colombia’s 4G programme calls for $18 billion of construction works to be carried out.
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