He Departmental Council of Lima of the College of Engineers of Peru (CIP) proposed a new route to make viable the new Central Highway Lima – Huancayo to make it safer in the presence of mudslides and to reach the Peruvian Andes faster.
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specialists of the CIP Transport Commissionat a press conference, presented technical arguments in favor of an alternative layout for the new central expressway which represents greater benefits in duration of the transfer from Lima to Huancayo and construction times.
In that sense, Jorge Gutiérrez, member of the CIP Transport Commission, He sustained that, during 2022, his working group carried out an analysis of the proposal of the Regional Government of Junín, where they detected technical problems of the route proposed for the new Central Highway.
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Subsequently, the CIP Transportation Commission also found deficiencies in the Green Corridor proposed by the French Government’s Project Management Office (PMO)because it is a variant and not a new stroke.
“In addition to presenting problems, they are the overlap with more than 30 km of ‘Qhapaq Ñan’, an archaeological zone declared a World Heritage Site; the crossing through several towns, which involves property damages; or his passage through the Lurín ravine where, according to Ingemmet, there are risks of huaicoslandslides and floods”, indicated Gutiérrez.
Faced with this problem, the Commission of the CIP-CD Lima, instead, proposed to take into account an alternative based on a study initiated by the Regional Government of Limawhere a new highway is created that follows the route Chutana-Olleros-Huarochirí-Cochas-Canchayllo-Pachacayo.
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“This presents advantages such as saving time for travel from Lima to Huancayo, facilitating the flow of vehicles from the city of Lima and the South of the country, a route with fewer problems of land rights of way and landslides due to rain”, commented the specialist.
Likewise, the representative of the CIP maintained that this alternative of the new central expressway will allow a decentralization of the capital and an improvement in the quality of life of those who live in the surroundings, impacting on the tourism and the trade.
“Definitely, we value what a government-to-government agreement means, we value French engineering, but it is evident that the PMO has been oriented towards a proposal that we believe is not the best,” he said for his part. Roque Benavides, Dean of CIP-CD Lima.
Likewise, Benavides said that the line that leaves from La Chutana would not have major expropriations or property damages, would also mean lower costs and shorter work execution times compared to the PMO-France proposal.
Also, the representative of C.I.P. argued that with the proposal of the PMO France The new Central Highway would be ready in 2031 and with the proposal of the Transport Commission of the entity that directs they would have the work ready in a maximum of five years.
In addition, he pointed out that with the variant of the green corridor If it takes more than 5 hours to get to La Oroya, while the road through La Chutana takes less than 4 hours, then the distance would be much less for the benefit of the population.
Benavides also pointed out that there is still time to make this proposal viable, which will make it possible to achieve a better alternative in the shortest possible time for the new Central Highway that will positively impact the economy of Peru.
Likewise, the dean put on the table the recent comments of the Minister of Transport and Communications, Paola Lazartewho pointed out that in the next few days he will convene the College of Engineers in order to hear his approach.
