Argentina starts 25 public works projects in 14 provinces

Press release from Casa Rosada

This is a machine translation of the original press release issued in Spanish

President Alberto Fernández said that what worries the government the most is "that people have jobs and that among those who speculate and those who invest, we go for those who produce", when launching this noon, from the Buenos Aires party of Almirante Brown, 25 public works in 14 provinces, with an investment of 3,114 million pesos and that are added to the more than 2,500 that are under development.

" What we did wrong we will correct , what we did not do we will," he said, together with the Chief of Staff, Santiago Cafiero, the Minister of Public Works , Gabriel Katopodis, the President of the Chamber of Deputies Sergio Massa and the Mayor of Admiral Brown, Mariano Cascallares.

The head of state also affirmed that "the union of capital and work is what stimulates growth. Among those who speculate and those who invest, we go for those who produce. Public works summons work, nothing is more important than To govern is to give work. "

"Bringing them works that have to do with the quality of life of the people, that is the essential thing in politics, it is nothing else, making people's lives easier. It is very good to hear that the neighbors will have better living conditions. life, here and in any other place in the country with the development of public works throughout the country ", remarked the president.

Fernández, inaugurated the improvement works on República Argentina avenue in that part of the Buenos Aires suburbs.

The paving and urban improvement of 5.1 kilometers of República Argentina avenue had begun in October 2020, it had an investment of more than 830.7 million pesos and benefits about 80 thousand people in the towns of Burzaco, San Francisco de Asís and Minister Rivadavia.

The works included the paving of sectors that were dirt, as well as the construction of new sidewalks, ramps and storm drains, and the installation of LED lighting, public transport shelters, traffic lights, signaling and horizontal demarcation.

The event was attended by the candidate for national deputy for the Province of Buenos Aires, Victoria Tolosa Paz; the ministers, of Territorial Development and Habitat, Jorge Ferraresi; and Productive Development, Matías Kulfas, and the Secretary General of the Presidency, Julio Vitobello, in addition to the mayors Alejo Chornobroff (Avellaneda), Fabian Cagliardi (Berisso), Marisa Fassi (Cañuelas), Alejandro Granados (Ezeiza), Andres Watson ( Florencio Varela), Hernán Izurieta (Punta Indio), Mayra Mendoza (Quilmes) and Nicolas Mantegazza (San Vicente).

Sergio Massa said that “public works is the way to recover Argentina. We deeply believe in work as an engine of growth. We are the government that is going to transform social plans into work with the humility of listening to each of the messages that people tell us. "

For his part, Minister Katopodis assured that this “is a very important work for Almirante Brown, there are 50 blocks that were dirt and that changes the life of 13 neighborhoods, it is an asphalt work that modifies everything. There are 2,500 such works throughout Argentina. National industry and public works, the two pillars on which we have to rely to put Argentina on its feet ”.

Mayor Cascallares explained that “I want to share with all of you that we came from a tour with the president through the industrial park, where an investment of more than 60 million dollars will take place in one of the almost 300 companies that are located there. In that beloved park that today employs more than 10,000 residents of this district ”.

Previously, President Alberto Fernández visited the Ball packaging factory, in the Burzaco industrial park, where the company executives announced an investment of 60 million dollars and the creation of new jobs.