Asunción, November 29 (Prensa Latina) Construction of a bridge between Brazil and Paraguay in the so-called Biooceanic Corridor through the northwestern Chaco Guaraní region is 40 percent advanced, the local information agency reported today.
Work on the part of the road across the Paraguay River, which will connect the Paraguayan city of Carmelo Peralta and the Brazilian city of Puerto Murtinho, will be carried out on time and according to the planned schedule, added the Ministry of Public Works, quoted by the media. officially.
The engineer Paul Sarubbi, technical director of the construction company Tecnoedil SA responsible for the highway, emphasized the importance of this project due to the historic connection it will allow between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans, “which will change the logistics of the whole region and Paraguay in particular benefits.”
It is a very big challenge – emphasized the expert – to carry out these works in Chaco areas such as this department of Alto Paraguay, whose workers make great efforts after receiving training in a technical profession that will last them for the rest of their lives The benefit will be life.
The Héroes del Chaco Bridge, already completed, and the bridge under construction in the Bioceánica “will leave our country know-how as a legacy and for Paraguayan companies the opportunity to support the construction sector and manage these types of contracts in other areas.” countries,” said the manager of Tecnoedil SA.
The construction of the Bioceánica Bridge is – according to Sarubbi – a milestone in the country’s road infrastructure and will have a length of 1,294 meters, divided into three sections, two of them as access viaducts on both banks of the Paraguay River.
The Biooceanic Corridor, also called National Route PY15, will have a length of 531 kilometers and, together with routes PY14 and PY16, will integrate three routes that will help this region come out of isolation, the expert said.
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