Uruguay’s Ministry of Economy and Finance has launched the procurement process for a new PPP road known as Route 6.

The contract comprises a 20 years period, counted from the signature of the act of taking possession. The economic-financial scheme of the contract will be included in the Definitive Financial Economic Plan (PEFD), which will be duly approved by the Contracting Party, and will be based on the Economic-Financial Plan.

The road is a national route of Uruguay, also known as Joaquín Suárez. It connects Montevideo with the northeast of Rivera Department, at Vichadero, with an extension reaching the border with Brazil. The road is approximately 428 kilometres long till Vichadero.

The proposed scheme has been launched considering the general geometry of this 4-branch roundabout, by improving the flow separation islands, in order to enable the maneuvers of heavy vehicles with suitable turning radii and paving the junction. It is expected that expropriations will not be necessary.

The distance notation along Route 6 uses the same Kilometre Zero reference as Routes 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 and IB, which is the Pillar of Peace of Plaza de Cagancha in the Centro of Montevideo. The only cities apart from Montevideo it connects with are San Ramón in Canelones Department and Sarandí del Yí in Durazno Department. North of Canelones, Route 6 passes mostly through sparesely populated areas and connects with few small towns and villages.