Infrastructure

Toyo Tunnel Connection Project Announces 2 Contract Awards

Medellin Herald March 30, 2021

Colombia’s highway agency Invias announced March 30 that it awarded two contracts for road and bridge works that will join with the under-construction “Toyo” tunnel connecting Medellin westward to new and existing Atlantic ports via the “Mar 1” and “Mar 2” highways. Under the deal,

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Crucial Pacifico 1-2-3 Highways to Link-Up in 2022; Toyo Tunnel at 50%; Vias del Nus at 85%

Medellin Herald March 19, 2021

Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura (ANI, Colombia’s infrastructure agency) revealed today (March 19) that the new Pacifico 1, 2 and 3 highways linking Medellin southwestward toward the Pacific port of Buenaventura will open for traffic in 2022 — ahead of schedule. “Next year, the three Pacific highways will be in the service of a whole country,” […]

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Medellin Expands Electric Bus Recharging Network

Medellin Herald February 11, 2021

Medellin’s continually expanding zero-emissions public transport network got another boost February 10 with the start-up of new charging stations for its 60 pure-electric “Metroplus” buses. The new stations, in the Patio Fátima neighborhood, enable bus recharging 24 hours a day, seven days a week, according to a bulletin from the Medellin Mayor’s Office. The new […]

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‘Doble Calzada Oriente’ Highway Wins Construction OK; New Link Between Medellin, Booming Eastern Municipalities

Medellin Herald January 20, 2021

The long-awaited “doble calzada oriente” (DCO) four-lane divided highway between Medellin’s “Las Palmas” eastern highway and the Jose Maria Cordova (JMC) international airport just won a final approval from the Antioquia departmental government. As a result, construction on the COP$926 billion (US$265 million), 13.7-kilometers-long project will start this

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ISA Aims for 2024 Start-up of Colombia-Panama Electric Power Interconnection

Medellin Herald December 19, 2020

Medellin-based electric power transmission giant ISA announced December 12 that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the binational “Interconexion Electrica Colombia-Panama” (ICP) joint venture inked a technical cooperation funding deal in the run-up for a planned 2024 launch of the first-ever power-transfer connection line between Colombia and Panama. The

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Medellin-Bogota Highway Reopening at Landslide Site

Medellin Herald December 18, 2020

Colombia’s highway infrastructure agency Invias announced December 17 that it is gradually reopening two-way traffic on the Medellin-Bogota highway at kilometer 46, blocked by a recent landslide.  “So far, 3,500 cubic meters of material have been removed and progress is being made in the controlled unloading of 40,000 cubic meters of loose material for safe […]

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Medellin’s Avenida 80 Light-Rail Wins Finance, Completion Seen by 2026

Medellin Herald December 1, 2020

Colombia President Ivan Duque, Medellin Mayor Daniel Quintero and Antioquia Governor Aníbal Gaviria on November 30 joined in Bogota at an official signing ceremony guaranteeing finance for Medellin’s newest mass-transit project: the COP$3.54 trillion (US$991 million) Avenida 80 light-rail system. Under the deal, the Colombian government will contribute COP$2.4 trillion

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Crucial ‘Mar 1’ Highway Hits 75% Advance, ‘Vias del Nus’ Project Now at 70%

Medellin Herald October 19, 2020

Colombia’s national infrastructure agency (Agencia Nacional de Infraestructura, ANI) announced October 19 that the “Mar 1” highway project connecting Medellin westward to current and future Atlantic ports has jumped-ahead to 75% completion. Meanwhile, the “Vias del Nus” highway project linking Medellin northward to the “Ruta del Sol” connection to Cartagena and Santa Marta

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EPM Completes 35 Measures to Slash Odors from Huge Sewage Treatment Plant

Medellin Herald October 16, 2020

Medellin-based utilities giant EPM announced October 16 that it has now completed all 35 scheduled measures to slash foul odors from its recently inaugurated “Aguas Claras” sewage treatment plant in the northern Medellin suburb of Bello. The only remaining measure (number 36) is to complete a neighborhood survey asking local people about the effectiveness of […]

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Colombia Government: US$365 Million Financing Set for Crucial ‘Mar 2’ Highway

Medellin Herald September 25, 2020

Antioquia’s departmental government officially announced September 24 that the national government will finalize on November 11 a COP$1.4 trillion (US$365 million) financing package for the crucial “Tramo 2” (phase-two section) of new highway linked to the under-construction Toyo Tunnel westward from Medellin. The Toyo Tunnel – also known as “Tunel Guillermo Gaviria