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Two firms withdrew specifications for the work, which includes an investment of more than $3.2 billion. The opening date, which was originally today, has been extended. Mayor Javier Belloni announced that the tender to build trunk and branch networks of the sanitation system would come out in February.
Despite not being flashy or “marketing”, the construction of the New Sewage Effluent Treatment Plant is one of the most necessary and important for El Calafate. A town that grew explosively in this century and without the necessary planning to avoid problems like the ones it is going through. One of them is precisely the fragile sanitation or sewage system.
After years of delay, coming and going with provisional solutions never materialized, on December 7, on the 95th anniversary of El Calafate, the tender was launched for the execution of a complex that includes a new treatment plant and the conversion of The current one (located in front of Laguna Nimez) is a station for re-pumping liquids through a pipeline to the Laguna Seca area, where the new plant will be located, near the new racetrack and the Center for the Management of Urban Solid Waste.
NEW TREATMENT PLANT. Historic investment in sanitation works for El Calafate
The original date for the opening of offers was January 5th. But it was decided to postpone the deadline until the 25th of this month. In an interview with FM Dimensión, Mayor Javier Belloni indicated that two companies have already withdrawn the specifications. "We are happy about that, since it means that there is interest and that they will come."
The community chief explained that with respect to public works there is a great inconvenience that is generated by the high level of inflation and the re-determination of prices, which makes companies hesitate to bid. He clarified that this work has an automatic redetermination adjusted to the official inflation rate.
The official amount of this tender is $3,268,839,759, provided by the National Government through the National Entity for Water and Sanitation Works (ENOHSA) and its Assistance Program in Areas with Sanitary Risk (PROARSA). A work period of 24 consecutive months is contemplated, starting from the signing of the contract with the company that is awarded.
In addition, Belloni told the El Calafate radio station that the documentation is being finalized to ensure that on February 15, during the central act of the Baptism of Lake Argentino, the call for tenders for the execution of trunk and branch lines, which will form part of the of the future sanitation system of the town.
On the other hand, the Secretary of the Environment of Santa Cruz reported that within the framework of the provisions of article 15 of Law 2,658 on Environmental Impact Assessment, the Technical Report corresponding to the Project "New Effluent Treatment System for the City of El Calafate” |
