Peru is planning massive infrastructure investment

Massive plans for infrastructure investment have been revealed in Peru. The country’s transportation and communications ministry, MTC, intends to invest some US$20 billion in infrastructure by 2016. Public private partnerships will be used to develop many of the planned projects. Transport infrastructure figures heavily in the plans, with spending on highways, the Chinchero-Cuzco airport and Callao’s Jorge Chávez airport, and additions to Lima’s metro network. One of the key road projects will be for the Lo
July 12, 2013 Read time: 1 min
Massive plans for infrastructure investment have been revealed in Peru. The country’s transportation and communications ministry, MTC, intends to invest some US$20 billion in infrastructure by 2016. Public private partnerships will be used to develop many of the planned projects. Transport infrastructure figures heavily in the plans, with spending on highways, the Chinchero-Cuzco airport and Callao’s Jorge Chávez airport, and additions to Lima’s metro network. One of the key road projects will be for the Longitudinal de la Sierra highway.
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