Road upgrades for Colombia’s Boyaca

A series of road upgrades are planned for Colombia’s Boyaca Department for the 2019-2020 period. One of the projects will be for work to a 20km section of the Transversal de Boyaca Route 60, which connects to the Magdalena Medio. Work will also be carried out on the Crucero-Pajarito stretch of the Transversal del Cusiana Route 62, including several bridge upgrades. Repaving work will be carried out on the Duitama-Presidente stretch of Route 55. Paving work is also planned for tertiary roads. In all 77km of
March 6, 2019 Read time: 1 min

A series of road upgrades are planned for Colombia’s Boyaca Department for the 2019-2020 period. One of the projects will be for work to a 20km section of the Transversal de Boyaca Route 60, which connects to the Magdalena Medio. Work will also be carried out on the Crucero-Pajarito stretch of the Transversal del Cusiana Route 62, including several bridge upgrades. Repaving work will be carried out on the Duitama-Presidente stretch of Route 55. Paving work is also planned for tertiary roads. In all 77km of road improvements are being planned by Colombia’s national road institute (2812 Invias) across Boyaca Department during this time period.

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