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

Medellin Herald
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
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
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

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