Grupo Costanera and Sacyr have presented offers for the Second Concession of Route 68 (Santiago-Valparaíso-Viña del Mar) that connects the Valparaíso and Metropolitan regions in Chile.

The new concession extends from the Pajaritos Nudo, in the municipalities of Estación Central and Lo Prado, to Valparaíso, and includes Route 68 and secondary routes: Route 60-CH Vía Las Palmas (9.95 km), Route 60-CH Troncal Sur (20.55 km) and part of the project called “Nudo Pajaritos” (1.22 km). Thus, the project involves the municipalities of Estación Central, Lo Prado, Pudahuel, Curacaví, Casablanca, Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Quilpué and Villa Alemana. In the section between Av. Pajaritos and the current Lo Prado Toll, the project includes the construction of the Pajaritos Junction and will be extended to the third and fourth lanes. Particularly noteworthy is the implementation of urban plazas with green areas at the Las Torres, La Estrella and Serrano junctions, and the Teniente Cruz Crossing, in the Pudahuel commune. The bridges over the Mapocho River and the Lampa estuary will also be replaced. 

In the section between the current Lo Prado Toll and the La Pólvora interchange (Placilla - Camino La Pólvora), a new two-lane road will be developed, so that the route will have three two-lane roadways, with the central roadway operating reversibly, according to the registered flows. Thus, the highway will permanently have one direction of traffic operating with 4 lanes and the other direction operating with 2 lanes, depending on the traffic level. Two new tunnels will also be built: Lo Prado 3 and Zapata 3, each with two lanes, which will allow each of the three roads to have its tunnels. Finally, in the La Pólvora and Valparaíso – Viña del Mar link sector, the project includes improving the Rodelillo link by adding an incorporation lane to the Las Palmas Highway; improving the service road for access to the Valparaíso Norway link and the link itself, which will improve connectivity to the Eduardo Pereira hospital; and slope retention works on the Bajada Santos Ossa.

The project involves a USD 1.6 billion investment and covers 141 km of development. Construction is slated to begin in Q2 of 2029, with operations expected by Q4 of 2033. The project is anticipated to be awarded in Q1 of 2025.