Andrade inspects road rehabilitation project progress in Los Santos province

During his tour in Los Santos, Andrade inspected the progress of the project “Rehabilitation of Streets in the districts of Las Tablas, Guararé, Pedasí and Pocrí”, executed through private contracting. The project “Design, Construction, Rehabilitation and Maintenance of the Production Roads between Tonosí and Cambutal” will be tendered next week, as announced by José Luis Andrade, Minister of Public Works during a working tour in the province of Los Santos. The aforementioned initiative contemplates 60.1 kilometers of rural roads, from the center of Tonosí to Playa Cambutal, including branches to Búcaro, Guánico Abajo and Guánico Arriba, in addition to the maintenance of the main road. The minister also highlighted that progress is being made in the definition of the Los Pozos–Macaracas project, and that for the next year, the streets of the Guararé district are expected to be intervened. 8 million to rehabilitate more roads in Las Tablas. While in Pedasí, the communities of Mariabé and Oria are being intervened; in Pocrí, the areas of Pocrí head town, Paritilla and Cañafístulo; while in Guararé, the roads of the head town, Montero and Perales are being rehabilitated. The project covers the rehabilitation of 236 streets distributed in the villages of Vallerriquito, Tablas Abajo, El Sesteadero, San José, Peña Blanca, Palmira, Las Tablas, Las Palmitas, La Tiza and La Palma in the district of Las Tablas. Furthermore, Andrade announced that on December 30, the project for the Design and Construction of the Grade-Separated Interchange on the Chitré Ring Road, which currently has an 85% progress, will be delivered. "We are rehabilitating 127 kilometers of streets, of which 120 have already been intervened, and we currently have four work fronts," said Andrade, who also reported that a contractual extension is being processed for B/. The MOP reported that the estimated investment for this productive area amounts to B/. According to the MOP, this work, which represents an investment of B/. The road rehabilitation works comprise priming and application of a prime coat, placement of asphalt concrete, asphalt surface treatment in the first and second seal, among other specialized works. 34,094,366.68, and it will benefit more than 50 thousand inhabitants of the province and neighboring communities.