Infrastructure

Mar 1 financial close and Pacifico 1 2 3 ANI update March 2019

Medellin Herald July 11, 2019

Antioquia’s Crucial ‘Mar 1’ Wins Financial Close; Puerto Antioquia Wins Concession; Pacifico 1-2-3 Making Progress Colombia’s Vice President Marta Lucia Ramirez announced March 20 that the “Mar 1” highway project linking Medellin westward to Santa Fe de Antioquia — and eventually to new

Infrastructure

Autopista Rio Magdalena delays April 2019

Medellin Herald July 11, 2019

Aleatica SA subsidiary Autopista Rio Magdalena (ARM) announced April 8, 2019 that it has cancelled its highway construction contract with Obrascon Huarte Lain SA (OHL) and is seeking a new contractor. The partially completed ARM highway project aims to connect Remedios in northern Antioquia with the “Ruta del Sol” fourth-generation (4g) highway via a new […]

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 and Puente Iglesias — part of the 96-kilometers-long “Pacifico 2”

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”