The project hangs by a thread but the Government will insist on “alternative solutions” with the Natividad Chinchero Consortium to continue the works.
According to the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Chinchero – Cusco International Airport (AICC) is a priority project of the Government of Dina Boluarte, and given the tensions that surround it due to the claims of the Natividad Chinchero Consortium —in charge of building it— assure that they are “exhausting all corresponding actions so that the consortium remains in charge.”
As reported by La República, Natividad Chinchero requests US$193 million for cost updates, but this claim has been rejected in the Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB) and they insist that their expenses be recognized. They barely gave him S/40 million—unrelated to the claim—and, according to a source in the sector, it is most likely that he will end up in arbitration—as already happened with Kuntur Wasi—.
According to the source close to this journalistic house, Minister Raúl Pérez-Reyes and MTC officials are aware of the risk involved in negotiating and reaching a middle ground with Natividad, which is why they await arbitration.
According to the MTC, the solution to the controversy must be given within the legal and contractual framework and benefiting the Cusco population and millions of national and international passengers; and for this reason, they invited the Natividad Consortium to meet this Thursday, June 13 “to look for alternative solutions.”
Along these lines, according to information from RPP Cusco after an interview with Congressman Luis Aragón, there is “a threat to terminate the contract for the work.”
Source: Larepublica
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