Estructuracion Vial’s designs for US$5.15bn Colombian road projects

The National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) in Colombia has awarded a contract to the Estructuracion Vial consortium to carry out the designs and studies for six road projects worth a combined US$5.15 billion (COP9.75 trillion). Part of the Fondo de Adaptacion programme, the six road schemes include Bogota-Bucaramanga; Bucaramanga-Pamplona; Duitama-Pamplona-Cucuta; Norte de Santander (including Ocana-Astilleros and Cucuta-Puerto Santander); Transversales Cusiana-Carare-Boyaca (including Puerto Araujo-Tunja-
October 15, 2013 Read time: 1 min
The National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) in Colombia has awarded a contract to the Estructuracion Vial consortium to carry out the designs and studies for six road projects worth a combined US$5.15 billion (COP9.75 trillion).

Part of the Fondo de Adaptacion programme, the six road schemes include Bogota-Bucaramanga; Bucaramanga-Pamplona; Duitama-Pamplona-Cucuta; Norte de Santander (including Ocana-Astilleros and Cucuta-Puerto Santander); Transversales Cusiana-Carare-Boyaca (including Puerto Araujo-Tunja-Puerto Gaitan as well as Tunja-Chiquinquira-Puerto Boyaca); and Manizales-Honda-Villeta.

The Estructuracion Vial consortium comprises Anas, Progin and C&M Consultores.
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