Infrastructure

Pacifico 2 La Pintada update April 2019

Medellin Herald July 11, 2019

‘Pacifico 2,’ ‘Transversal de Las Americas’ Nearing Completion; Medellin Connections Improve Colombia’s national infrastructure agency (Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura, ANI) announced April 10, 2019 the completion of a 14-kilometers-long, four-lane divided highway stretch between La Pintada

Infrastructure

‘Pacifico 1’ Highway Construction Suffers Landslide Near Bolombolo; Reopening Not Until 2020

Medellin Herald July 11, 2019

The “Corvipacifico” construction consortium and highway authorities announced May 29, 2019 that a huge landslide near Sinifaná wrecked a 300-meters-long section of the under-construction “Pacifico 1” highway as well a nearby, 300-meters-long section of the existing highway between the southern Medellin suburb of Caldas and the town of Bolombolo alongside the Cauca River.

Infrastructure

Medellin’s Zero-Emissions Public Transport Network Continues to Expand

Medellin Herald July 11, 2019

Medellin Mayor Federico Gutiérrez announced June 13, 2019 that the city’s enormously popular “Metro” public-transport network will add yet another zero-emissions aerial-tram “Metrocable” system — helping to stem air pollution mainly caused by obsolete diesel and gasoline vehicles. The 2.8-kilometers-long, COP$298 billion (US$99 million) “El Picacho” aerial tram is

Infrastructure

ANI Announces Expansion of Highways Connecting Rionegro, Llanogrande, JMC Airport

Medellin Herald July 11, 2019

Colombia’s national infrastructure agency (Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura, ANI) announced February 27, 2019 that the existing, congested two-lane highways connecting Rionegro, Llanogrande and Medellin’s Jose Maria Cordova (JMC) international airport will expand to four lanes. The COP$118 billion (US$38 million) project will tap funds generated by the existing toll

General News

BYD launches EV sales in Medellin February 2019

Medellin Herald July 11, 2019

BYD Launches Electric-Car Sales Just as Medellin Toughens Air-Pollution Driving Limits China-based electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD on February 7, 2019 launched sales of zero-emissions EV cars at its first-ever retail showroom in Medellin – simultaneous with the Mayor’s office announcing new driving restrictions on polluting vehicles with internal combustion engines

General News

Electric trucks Renting Colombia and Auteco March 2019

Medellin Herald July 11, 2019

Bancolombia Unveils No-Extra-Cost, Zero-Emissions Electric-Truck Rental Scheme Medellin-based multinational banking giant Bancolombia announced March 12, 2019 that it’s now offering companies the opportunity to rent all-electric, zero-emissions delivery trucks in Colombia’s major cities – at the same cost as conventional trucks. The goal is to put into circulation 1,000

General News

Estra 2018 results March 2019

Medellin Herald July 11, 2019

Industrias Estra Full-Year 2018 Profits Improve Year-on-Year Medellin-based plastic container manufacturer Industrias Estra revealed in a March 28, 2019 filing with Colombia’s Superfinanciera corporate oversight agency that its full-year 2018 net income rose to COP$1.2 billion (US$379,000), up from COP$1 billion (US$316,000) in 2017. Sales were flat year-on-year, at

General News

Medellin Expands Zero-Emissions Transport; Restrictions Mount on Conventional Vehicles (March 2019)

Medellin Herald July 11, 2019

Medellin and its neighboring suburbs expanded “pico y placa” driving restrictions on all conventional combustion-engine cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles to nine hours daily for the week of March 2-9, 2019, because of worsening air pollution. The only personal transport vehicles exempted from such driving restrictions are electric cars, along with Medellin’s “Metro”

General News

Aerolinea de Antioquia shutters update April 2019

Medellin Herald July 11, 2019

Update: 3 Medellin Airlines Pick Up Routes Left by ADA Colombia’s airline oversight agency Aeronautica Civil de Colombia (ACC) announced April 5, 2019 that three airlines – Aeroejectivos de Antioquia SA(AASA), Servicios Aéreos Panamericanos S.A.S (Sarpa) and Servicio Aéreo De Capurganá S.A. (Searca) are taking-over the flight routes left by the shut-down Aerolinea de

General News

Latest ‘Medellin Como Vamos?’ Citizen-Survey: Most Satisfied, but More Concerns on Security, Mobility, Air Pollution

Medellin Herald July 11, 2019

The 13th annual “Medellin Como Vamos?”survey (released April 11, 2019) on citizen perceptions of quality-of-life finds that aside from air pollution, certain security issues and worsening traffic mobility, Medellin residents haven’t changed their opinions very much between 2018 and 2017. According to the survey of 1,514 households in all economic strata, “the satisfaction