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Medellin’s EPM Public Utility Making Impressive Financial, Social, Environmental Progress

Medellin Herald
Medellin-based multinational utilities giant EPM on April 7 presented highlights of 2017 results including impressive growth in profitability along with expansion of water, power, garbage-collection, sewer and natural-gas services to thousands more customers in the metro area. In a press conference, EPM general manager Jorge Londoño de la Cuesta and Medellin Mayor Federico
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Colombia’s Economic Slowdown Penalizes Medellin in ‘Como Vamos’ Survey

Medellin Herald
The annual “Medellin Como Vamos” (“how are we doing?”) citizen survey released March 15 finds that while most Medellin residents remain relatively optimistic, Colombia’s economic slowdown in 2017 pushed the favorability index downward. The face-to-face survey in November 2017 of 1,500 residents across all zones and all socio-economic strata found that in general —
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ANI Touts Billion-Dollar Investments in Antioquia Highways, Ports, Airport Upgrades

Medellin Herald
Colombia’s Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura (ANI) infrastructure-project agency president Dimitri Zaninovich on March 13 publicly hailed what he termed as multi-billion-dollar investments in “fourth generation” (4G) highways connecting Medellin and Antioquia to key ocean freight ports. In a speech following inspection of Colombia’s first-ever unified air-freight
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‘Vias del Nus’ Highways, Crucial Tunnel Passages Win Enviro Permits

Medellin Herald
The Medellin-based “Vias del Nus” (“Vinus”) highway construction concessionaire announced January 22 that it won crucial permits from Agencia Nacional de Licencias Ambientales (ANLA) to build twin tunnels through “La Quiebra,” the principal obstacle blocking cost- and time-efficient freight traffic between Medellin and the Rio Magdalena. The “Quiebra” pass currently only
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EPM Debuts 1st-Ever Commercial Solar-Power System at ‘El Tesoro’ Shopping Mall

Medellin Herald
Medellin-based multinational electric-power giant EPM announced January 19 the start-up of a 590 megawatt-hours/year (MWh/year) solar-voltaic power system for the “El Tesoro” shopping mall in the Poblado district. The photovoltaic system will operate in parallel with conventional grid power (overwhelmingly hydroelectric-sourced), according to EPM. It’s EPM’s first-ever
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Antioquia’s ‘Toyo’ Tunnel Wins Enviro Licenses, Construction to Start in 2018

Medellin Herald
Medellin Mayor Federico Gutierrez and Antioquia Governor Luis Perez jointly announced December 18 that the 9.8-kilometers-long “Toyo” tunnel project has now won required environmental licenses, paving the way for construction start-up in January 2018. The “Toyo” tunnel project – estimated to cost COP$1.83 trillion (US$617 million) in 2012 pesos — would link the new

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