Soldiers built a bridge in Esmeraldas that unites five communities on the northern border

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With metal tubes, wooden planks and cement, a 25-meter-long bridge was built over the Valverde estuary, in the canton of San Lorenzo del Pailón, on the northern border of Esmeraldas.

The work was carried out by soldiers from Battalion No. 68 Cotopaxi, belonging to the Army Corps of Engineers, with the donation of pipes from Petroecuador.

They offer a bridge for the tourist community in the north of Esmeraldas

In the Valverde estuary there was a bridge made with wooden logs and ropes, which a rising river carried away more than a month ago. Due to the situation, the towns of Mataje and Las Delicias were cut off.

Alirio Góngora, a resident, commented that they made arrangements with the authorities of San Lorenzo and Mataje, to replace the fallen bridge. Governor Tania Obando also made arrangements and received a response from the oil company with the donation of the iron tubes.

The soldiers of the Army Corps of Engineers (CEE) carried out the design and commissioning of labor. To this was added the support of the parish government of Mataje, the private company and the community.

The truss-type bridge (made with metal tubes) has cement abutments, intermediate supports and a wearing course made of wooden planks.

This work also benefits Campanita, Pampanal, Palma Real, Tambillo, located near the border with Colombia.

A bridge was inaugurated in a rural area north of Esmeraldas; community members request the construction of neighborhood roads

In addition, it will improve living conditions, facilitate the transport of products that are grown in the sector and other socioeconomic activities.

Bridges, neighborhood roads and other basic works are the recurring needs that the inhabitants of the border towns of Mataje and Palma Real demand attention, where Afro-Ecuadorians, Awá nationals and Colombians who have fled due to threats in their country reside. (I)