The National Infrastructure Agency (ANI) of Colombia is set to launch the contracting process for the construction of the Avenida Longitudinal de Occidente (ALO) Sur in Bogota by July. The project will be implemented under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme.
ANI would open the bidding process once the Private Initiative is considered viable, which was evaluated and managed in conjunction with the Mayor's Office of Bogotá through the Urban Development Institute (IDU) and after supplying all the internal procedures and before the National Government. ANI is hoping to award the contract at the end of the year.
The concessionaire will seek to connect Calle 13 (west of the capital) from Fontibón to the Chusacá intersection, through the construction and improvement of nearly 24 kilometers of dual carriageway and a 153,000 square meter mall. This project also includes a modern cycle route of more than 10 kilometers, which aims to promote air quality through the use of bicycles and in response to the high flow of this type of transport that is mobilized by this place.
The original project of the Longitudinal de Occidente Avenue is divided into three sections, the north that starts at the Los Andes tollbooth and goes to Calle 80, the center that goes from 80th street to 13th street, and the south that begins in 13th street and goes to Chusacá.
