Colombian capital sees road development

Colombia’s capital Bogota is seeing major road development work.
By MJ Woof October 6, 2020 Read time: 1 min
Colombia’s capital Bogota is benefiting from new road development works - image © courtesy of David Arminas
Colombia’s capital, Bogota, is setting out a budget for road development works. A budget of US$3.3 billion has been set for the works.

A contract is due to be awarded shortly for work to the Avenida Ciudad de Cali route. And construction activity is due to commence on the Avenida 68 route in early 2021.

Of the budget, $2.2 billion will be used to improve 146km of roads in and around the city. The programme of works has been set out by Bogota’s Urban Development Institute (IDU).
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