Construction completion for Colombia concession contracts

Colombia’s massive road and highway development programme is still moving ahead, with a series of major concession projects due for completion by 2020. A consortium titled Via al Mar is on track to finish construction of the Cartagena-Barranquilla highway in August 2019, for which the company has a 25-year concession agreement. The tender process for the final stretches of the Ruta del Sol II highway will commence shortly.
December 14, 2017 Read time: 2 mins

Colombia’s massive road and highway development programme is still moving ahead, with a series of major concession projects due for completion by 2020. A consortium titled Via al Mar is on track to finish construction of the Cartagena-Barranquilla highway in August 2019, for which the company has a 25-year concession agreement. The tender process for the final stretches of the Ruta del Sol II highway will commence shortly. This tendering is being managed by Colombia's National Road Institute (2812 Invias). The Accenorte consortium is handling a package of works that will deliver major improvements to roads and highways on the northern side of capital Bogota. Work will include widening the Autopista Norte highway to boost its capacity, with the work due to get underway in spring 2018. A consortium comprising Mario Huertas Cotes (MHC), Constructora Meco, 3215 Constructora Colpatria and Castro Tcherassi should complete construction of the highway project it is working on in early 2018. This project was also award as a 25-year concession package. And a consultancy has a US$2.93 million contract from Colombia's National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) to carry out the planning for a PPP project to develop the road network around Cauca and Valle de Cauca.

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