Based on a 2017 journalistic report, Cosavalente’s petition states that “the main executives of Odebrecht, including Jorge Barata (implicated in a corruption scandal at the Latin American level), remain as representatives of Rutas de Lima”, because the firm sold to Brookfield 57% of Rutas de Lima.
When he was still a candidate for mayor of Lima, Rafael López Aliaga promised to end the collection of tolls by the consortium. In the first month of management, the Municipal Council annulled the concession contract, for which the firm filed an arbitration claim before the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
To date, citizens continue to pay 6.50 soles each time they cross these highways, a scenario that pushed a group of residents and authorities from the Municipality of Puente Piedra to hold a sit-in with the slogan “No more tolls”. Meanwhile, López Aliaga maintains his exit and has disappeared from the public eye.
With the current concession contract, signed in 2013, neither Brookfield can buy the participation of the strategic partner —Odebrecht— nor can it sell it, without the express authorization of the grantor, the Municipality of Lima.
