In this road section, 23 critical points have been identified, caused in previous winters.
Esmeraldas
Rehabilitation of the 82.6-kilometer E20 Esmeraldas-Quinindé state highway would cost more than $ 4 million, according to a new study by the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP).
Officials of this State portfolio, with the prefect Roberta Zambrano and Assemblyman Javier Ortiz, carried out an inspection of the highway last Wednesday.
“An additional increase of 40% to the previous preliminary amount is estimated and we expect the Minister (of the MTOP) Marcelo Cabrera (to) comply with the repair of this road,” said Zambrano, in a radio interview. Your Friend’s Voice, the morning of this Thursday 11.
In this road section, 23 critical points generated in previous winters with subsidence, landslides and damage to the asphalt layer were identified.
The claim has been permanent from drivers and tourists who forcefully slow down in those affected sections to avoid damage to vehicles or traffic accidents.
The provincial authority emphasized that, if the MTOP cannot carry out this work, that they hand over the competence to the Prefecture of Esmeraldas, for the connection with the Quinindé-Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas highway, of 87.2 kilometers, which was built with cement.
While Assemblyman Ortiz said that he is managing with the Foreign Ministry and the MTOP the reopening of the Tumaco-Mataje binational bridge, which remains closed due to sanitary restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
He hopes that this road corridor will be enabled for trade between Ecuador and Colombia, he said. (I)
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