| Work Detail |
In a tour of the more than 250 km that separate Concordia from Paraná, we were able to observe the state of progress of the works, in the 4 sections (one of them ended) in which they divided this important corridor. We also had a conversation with the head of the UOCRA, Walter Doronzoro, who assured that according to his experience and what has been discussed with the companies that build this road corridor, the highway could be completed by July or August of next year. There are 450 workers working in the 5 or 6 contracted companies. The other significant fact is that, despite the crisis, inflation, etc., the works did not stop at any time. The difference with the 4 years of Mauricio Macris government is more than eloquent. During those 4 years the only thing that grew were the weeds that were covering what had already been built.
DETAILS
In section 1, that is, just leaving Paraná, the two companies in charge of it are Cartellone and Lossi, which have a workshop in Viale and yesterday they worked on several sections of that road. There and according to the data provided by Doronzoro, there are 150 workers who report.
The second section that goes from Las Tunas to Villaguay is in charge of the CPC and Rovella Carranza companies and has the most complicated part of the work, so it is suspected that this section would be one of the last. Here they report 160 workers.
The third section is in charge of the SACDE group with 100 workers under its charge and it is the part that goes from Villaguay to San Salvador that, as is known, from there the highway is finished and is known as the fourth section.
THE REPAVEMENT
Doronzoro clarified that due to inconveniences related to soil erosion, several parts of this finished work (that is, the 4th section) began to crack, so it is already being resurfaced. In fact, it was observed yesterday by DIARIOJUNIO.
EXPECTATIONS AND THE 4 YEARS OF MACRI
As soon as this new government headed by Alberto Fernández began, the public works restarted their investment plan, including the continuity of the Route 18 highway work that had begun in the government of Sergio Urribarri and was stopped in the 4 years of the macrista government.
It is worth saying that in terms of investment in public works in 2015 it represented 2.2% of GDP, at the end of 2019 the reduction was phenomenal, it came to mean half of that percentage, remaining at 1.1% of GDP.
The data is overwhelming since during the government of Cristina Fernández public works was her best letter of introduction (in fact, Highway 14 was built during her government) despite not having access to international credit due to pressure from the Vulture Funds .
The Macri government, on the other hand, as soon as it was assumed, desperately went out to look for credits, it indebted us by 100 billion dollars, they closed our taps and that mountain of money disappeared. Without public works, without social investment, with unemployment and crisis in companies that closed.
Today the people of Entre Ríos celebrate the resumption of these works on Highway 18 as they represent a huge advance for trade and connectivity with the bi-oceanic corridor that connects us with Córdoba and trade with Chile.
As was said, the calculations are that by the middle of next year, Highway 18 will already be finished. |
