Argentina’s transport plan being refined

Argentina is refining the country’s road development plans. The programme calls for investments of US$16.7 billion for the work, which will be carried out on 7,000km of roads. The 16 projects will be run as Public-Private Partnerships. These will be split into several corridors, including Corridor A, Corridor B, Corridor C, Corridor D, Corridor E, Corridor F, Corridor G, Corridor H and Corridor I. The work is being split into three phases. The first tender process is now open and will close in April 2018.
December 1, 2017 Read time: 2 mins

Argentina is refining the country’s road development plans. The programme calls for investments of US$16.7 billion for the work, which will be carried out on 7,000km of roads. The 16 projects will be run as Public-Private Partnerships. These will be split into several corridors, including Corridor A, Corridor B, Corridor C, Corridor D, Corridor E, Corridor F, Corridor G, Corridor H and Corridor I. The work is being split into three phases. The first tender process is now open and will close in April 2018. Tenders for the second phase will be held from February to July 2018, and tenders for the third from June to November 2018. This project involves the construction of 1,610km of highways as well as 3,310km of major roads. In addition there will be 324km of special works and 26km of other works, totalling 5,270km. In addition, 2,077km of existing roads will benefit from improvement and maintenance works.

Finance & Funding

Related Content

  • Morocco road construction programme continues
    October 20, 2016
    Morocco’s massive infrastructure development programme is continuing. The cost of this project is expected to hit US$61.86 billion by the time it is complete in 2035. The second and third phases of the road network development programme for Morocco will see the construction of some 1,649km of highways. These new highways will link the country’s capital Rabat to the economic hub Casablanca and to other major cities such as Tangiers in the north as well as Fes and Marrakesh. Morocco’s road development program
    Read More
  • Thailand Government plans infrastructure programme
    November 24, 2015
    Major plans are in hand in Thailand for transport infrastructure development. The country’s Ministry of Transport is revising its construction plans for a series of key transport infrastructure projects at present. Several selected plans will then be presented to the cabinet in mid-December 2015. A total of five public-private partnership (PPP) ventures are among projects that will be re-submitted to the cabinet for approval. Two of these PPP projects are highways that will cost an estimated US$3.9 billion.
    Read More
  • Russia’s US$28 billion road and bridge works
    November 29, 2013
    A series of major transport projects worth a combined value of over US$28 billion are set to significantly enhance connectivity between various parts of Russia. These include the Moscow-St Petersburg highway, work to the transport system in the Rostov region and two new bridges: one over the Belaya river in Ufa, the other over the Kama river in Izhevsk. The tender process for the $4.46 billion contract to build, maintain, repair, and operate a section of the Moscow- St Petersburg highway has been announc
    Read More
  • Investing in East Africa's road sector to boost economic development
    April 14, 2020
    Investments in East Africa’s road sector are helping drive economic development as well as political stability
    Read More

Highlighted Content