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Peru: Paving continues of the Red Vial Nacional national highway network

The Peruvian Ministry of Transport and Communication has confirmed that by July nearly 20,000km of the Red Vial Nacional national highway network will be paved. The figure means nearly 87% of roads in Peru will be paved. In 2011, around 12,500km of the network was paved, according to a report by America Economia. The ministry also highlighted that regions such as Amazonas and Ayacucho, will have doubled the number of paved kilometres since 2011. Amazonas will rise from 36% in 2011 to 72% this year, wh
January 5, 2016 Read time: 2 mins
The Peruvian Ministry of Transport and Communication has confirmed that by July nearly 20,000km of the Red Vial Nacional national highway network will be paved.

The figure means nearly 87% of roads in Peru will be paved. In 2011, around 12,500km of the network was paved, according to a report by America Economia.

The ministry also highlighted that regions such as Amazonas and Ayacucho, will have doubled the number of paved kilometres since 2011. Amazonas will rise from 36% in 2011 to 72% this year, while Ayacucho will increase from only 31% of their national network roads paved in 2011 to having 62% asphalted by the middle of this year.

Dual carriageways in Peru totalled just 393km in 2011, with this set to increase to 1,180km by mid-year.

Meanwhile, work will start in March to extend the Ramiro Priale motorway by 19km from Huachipa to the Los Angeles Bridge. The project is part of the Nueva Autopista Central - New Central Motorway - which will be carried out be concession holder Rutas de Lima. The extension will run parallel to Carretera Central road and should be ready in late 2017.

The new motorway costing around $246 million, will have four lanes but with expansion to six being possible. There also will be three access roads and four interchanges, in addition to 12 pedestrian bridges, three overpasses and two underpasses.

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