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Colombia's National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) has announced the financial close to develop the Loboguerrero - Mulaló and Cali - Dagua - Loboguerrero corridors PPP project located in the department of Cauca Valley.
The funding commitments, which have reached a total amount of COP650.663 millions (US$221 million), have been issued by Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank New York Branch.
As we reported in December 2014, the project was awarded to "Concesionaria Vial del Pacífico", a consortium composed by Estudios y Proyectos del Sol EPISOL S.A.S. (60%) and Iridium Colombia Concesiones Varias S.A.S. (40%). The team beat out competition from the two other shortlisted bidders:
The 32 km road PPP project involves the financing, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, operation and maintenance of the infrastructure. The project includes the development of 9 tunnels with a total extension of 12.2 km, and 31 bridges with a total extension of 2.5 km.
The project aims to improve the commercial transport from the south to the port of Buenaventura.
The total financing amount has reached COP1.2 billion (around US$420 million). International banks Itaú Unibanco S.A., New York Branch and Banco de Crédito del Perú have committed US$250 million together, with a tenor of 14 years, while national banks, namely Davivienda and Banco de Bogotá have provided loans with a value of COP510 billion (US$172 million) with a 18-year tenor.
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