New agreement to reopen via that connects Medellín and the coffee axis: intervention would take eight months
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julio 28, 2025
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The Pacific road concessionaire (covipacific) signed an agreement that will allow to initiate Urgent works to restore vehicular traffic in a section of the Pacific corridor 1specifically in
The Pacific road concessionaire (covipacific) signed an agreement that will allow to initiate Urgent works to restore vehicular traffic in a section of the Pacific corridor 1specifically in the Sinifaná sector, located in southwest Antioquia.
This area has remained with restrictions since 2019, when a slip caused a significant loss of road bank.
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As reported by ‘Caracol Radio’, The project includes an investment close to $ 17,000 million and a total execution period of eight months.
The work will include the structural recovery of the road, drainage works, construction of dikes to protect the slope and cuts and slope treatments at the top of the corridor.
This phase is part of an initial mitigation strategy. Photo:Covipacific.
However, covipacific indicated that the vehicular passage will be enabled gradual before they conclude the works, although with operational restrictions.
This phase is part of an initial mitigation strategy and does not represent all the necessary interventions in the road corridor.
The concessionaire also asked the National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) greater institutional articulation to guarantee the continuity of the works that allow reinforcing the stability and safety of the affected section.
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Alternate routes enabled
While the work in Sinifaná advances, The ANI and Covipacific have arranged alternate roads for both light vehicles Like load. These include:
Spring – Mines – La Pintada.
Medellín – Santa Fe de Antioquia – Bolombolo.
Camilo C sector – Venice – Bolombolo.
Camilo C – Fredonia – Puente Iglesias.
In the case of heavy load transport, the La Pintada – Spring route for vehicles that They go to Medellín, and the Santa Fe route of Antioquia – Bolombolo for those who travel from Medellín to the southwest.
*This content was written with the assistance of artificial intelligence, based on public knowledge information disclosed to the media. In addition, she had the review of the journalist and an editor.