The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) continues to work on major road projects on a national scale. One of the projects is the construction of a peripheral in the eastern part of the country, an area of the territory that previous administrations did not have the vision to bet on, but that this administration has prioritized, making development and mobility a reality.
“Peripheral Gerardo Barrios will reduce the vehicular load in the city of San Miguel”, said the Minister of Public Works, Romeo Rodríguez, emphasizing the mega-project. The peripheral consists of four packages, section one is already finished and was delivered.
The project does not only consist of the overpass but also of the works that are built on the road section; In phase II, more than seven kilometers of four lanes are being built and that connects with the Rio Grande bridge.
Package II also consists of interchanges to connect with the Ruta Militar highway, this will complete the 17 kilometers of highway that make up the work that will improve mobility. “Next week we hope to start with the casting of the first step that gives access to a new road“, Minister Rodríguez reported when referring to the progress of the construction.
Public Works has detailed that, according to data from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), for every $1 invested in the Gerardo Barrios peripheral, the country will benefit $8 due to the reduction in costs and transportation times of merchandise, This will generate an increase in exports and the level of employment, since hundreds of direct and indirect jobs are generated in the same work.
The construction of the first package of the peripheral consists of two main roundabouts in detours towards Moncagua and San Jorge, 10 paved accesses, 194 vehicular and pedestrian accesses and entrances to land and properties, six bus stops with their booths, each for three buses, three pedestrian walkways and 6.92 kilometers of cycle routes of 1.50 meters, 3.46 km on each side.
