Paraguay inaugurates new sections of the Transchaco Route

By the Ministry of Public Works and Communications of Paraguay

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

Several completed sections, corresponding to lots 2, 3 and 6 of the PY09-Transchaco route and totaling 87 km, were enabled this Monday, June 12, by authorities of the National Government, coinciding with the commemoration of the 88th anniversary of the signing of the "Peace of Chaco" protocol.

The event took place at the III Army Corps Seat in the city of Mariscal Estigarribia, department of Boquerón, with the participation of President Mario Abdo Benítez, ministers and vice ministers of the Executive Power, authorities of the Military Forces and special guests.

To date, 183.5 km have already been enabled and now with these new sections there are 270.5 kilometers of totally renewed route, out of a total of 558 kilometers.

The Transchaco Route Consortium, made up of Benito Roggio e Hijos SA and Los Trigales SA, in charge of Lot 2, enabled 60 km of the 61 km it is in charge of, for which it received an investment of G. 398,841,085,871.

The section begins at km 112 and goes to km 172. In addition, the new 90-meter-long reinforced concrete bridge over the He'e stream, located at km 116.3, comes into service, 10 returns and 14 basins of buses distributed on both banks.

In this sector, the structural package is composed of a 7 cm asphalt concrete layer with polymer, a lower layer of 7 cm conventional asphalt concrete; the stabilized granular base of 15 cm, the granular subbase of 17 cm and subgrade improved with lime of 30 cm, all these on an embankment of approximately 1 meter.

It is worth mentioning that this consortium received the start order in June 2021, so the delivery of the work for subsequent maintenance is projected for June of this year, with the consultant Etel Studos Tecnicos Ltda being in charge of supervising.

In the same way, 23 km of Lot 3, awarded to the Avanza Chaco Consortium made up of the companies Ochoa SA, Tecnoedil SA, Constructora; Construpar SA, which has a total of 77 km of paving, for which it received a total investment of G. 593,060,830,032.

The completed route starts at km 174 and goes to km 199. Additionally, four returns come into service. There, the route has a structural package made up of a 7 cm polymer tread layer, a 7 cm conventional asphalt concrete base; 16 cm stabilized granular base, 17 cm sub-base of soil improved with cement and 30 cm sub-soil improved with lime, all this on an embankment of approximately 1 meter.

The start order was given on August 11, 2021, so the delivery of the work was projected for the same month of this year. In this case, the inspection is carried out by the consulting firm CIA SA

Finally, another 4 km that were missing from Lot 6 (Km 390 to Km 450) are added, thus completing 60 km enabled. This stretch is in charge of the Boquerón Consortium.