The National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) has announced that the 4G Neiva-Espinal-Girardot project fully entered the operation and maintenance stage in the departments of Tolima and Huila, Colombia.
The 4G Neiva-Espinal-Girardot project has fully entered the operation and maintenance stage with the completion of the Rincón Santo intersection (4 km of the Guamo Tolima bypass) and 400 m of single-carriageway in the Los Naranjos sector (176 km +100 of the Espinal bypass). This project will cost COP 2023 (US$1.2 billion) and span 198.35 km. This project enhances tourism, enables the shipping and marketing of vital agricultural products like rice and lemon, and improves communication between the departments of Huila, Tolima, Putumayo, Nariño, and Caquetá with the country's center and south.
It included the construction of 44 bridges, six pedestrian bridges, a second carriageway of 76.38 km, the improvement of 21 km, the construction of 3.5 km of new single carriageway, the rehabilitation of 170 km, and, of course, the operation and maintenance of the 198.35 km that are part of this road corridor. The construction of 76.38 km of second roads took place between Neiva-Aipe, in Huila; and between Saldaña-El Espinal, in Tolima. The construction and recent commissioning of 15.3 km of dual carriageway between Neiva and Campo Dina stands out; 17.2 km of dual carriageway between Campo Dina and Aipe; 15.4 km of dual carriageway between Saldaña and Guamo; and 20.5 km of dual carriageway between Guamo and Espinal.
This project benefits more than 603,000 inhabitants of 10 municipalities in Tolima and Huila. These are Rivera, Palermo, Neiva and Aipe, in Huila and Natagaima, Coyaima, Saldaña, Guamo, El Espinal and Flandes, in Tolima.
