They ask to comply with the suspension of construction in Cerro Hurtado (Valledupar) - Other Cities - Colombia

The collective ‘Foro Ambiental del Cesar’ reiterated to the mayor’s office of Valledupar the fulfillment of the suspension of the urban work that is being carried out in Cerro Hurtado, located northeast of the capital of Cesar.

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The group’s alarm occurs after the preventive interruption measure of said project recently established by the Municipal Government Secretariat.

There is a planning concept that details urban infractions in this sector.

The Hurtado hill is part of the system
mountains of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

Beneficiaries of the project are not respecting the suspension. On Saturday, a commission from the Comptroller’s Office was verifying. We had to bring police to comply with the interruption of the work

“The beneficiaries of this project are not respecting the suspension. On Saturday, a commission from the Comptroller General of the Republic was verifying the issue. We had to take the police to comply with the interruption of the work”, stressed a member of the Environmental Forum of Cesar.

The Hurtado hill is part of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain systemconsidered one of the sacred sites of the indigenous people of this region, which is made up of 37 hectares of tropical dry forest, which strengthen the biodiversity reservoir of the urban area of ​​Valledupar.

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It also forms, on its eastern slope, one of its peripheral foothills that make it a benchmark for the green infrastructure of the city and a natural heritage of this town.

It is connected to the basin that contributes to the Guatapurí River, the main tributary of the capital of Cesar, where numerous species of regional flora are found, some already centuries old, which have become the support, the habitat, of an important population of wild animals. .

“Without the existence of this ecosystem, it is very likely that the current population of animals, adjacent to the Hurtado spa, could disappear in a short time; and, that of birds would also decrease significantly, affecting the biodiversity and its genetic wealth in this area”, explained Eudis De León, spokesperson for the Environmental Forum of Cesar.

urban project

Soil intervention that will destroy its physical structure and affect the stability of the terrain. It is a considerable damage not only to the soil but also to the vegetation that will be cut down.

The work is part of an urban project that contemplates the construction of 33 houses in an approximate area of ​​11,000 square meters in this sector, after the approval of a modification of the Territorial Ordering Plan (POT), which allowed the development of housing projects in this zone.

“However, the Regional Autonomous Corporation of Cesar (Corpocesar), urges the municipality to carry out the review and adjustment of the urban component of the POT because its short-term validity has expired, in order to apply measures to protect the 100% of the Hurtado hill”, stressed Corpocesar.

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For the environmental group, the construction of the first house in said “block F” will be the starting order and the legitimacy for the urbanization of this entire area.

According to them, the construction of houses will require the prior leveling of the land due to its steep slope, which causes a negative impact on the ecosystem in general.

“Soil intervention that will destroy its physical structure and affect the stability of the terrain. It is a considerable damage not only to the soil but also to the vegetation that will be cut down, if the depth (30 meters) and the width (12 meters) of each of the thirty-three (33) lots estimated for construction are taken into account. of the houses”, highlighted the spokesman.

Ongoing lawsuit

The presence of inhabitants of these houses, about 200 people, will generate unbearable odors and noise pollution for the animals that have the Hurtado hill as their natural habitat.

In addition, during the construction phase of the project, noise levels will be generated that will scare off birds and many other animals that are sensitive to human interventions in that ecosystem.

This would be an irreparable and traumatic damage, since it would affect the health and psychological tranquility of the population. It will end its cultural importance and destroy a natural and tourist heritage of the city.

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“The permanent presence of the inhabitants of these houses, approximately 200 people, will generate unbearable odors and sound pollution for the animals that have the Hurtado hill as their natural habitat, irreversibly affecting their biodiversity,” the spokesperson said.

At present, a demand or individualized compliance agreement is in progress that seeks to stop said work.

“It is aimed at protecting the rights and collective interests of citizens, seeking to avoid contingent damage, to put an end to the danger, threat, violation or injury on all the hills of the city. We raise the request for the suspension of the work until the Honorable Administrative Court of Cesar is pronounced on the merits, “said Silvio Alonso Cuello Chinchilla, representative of Valledupar.

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6 companies seek the construction of bridges on the Barranquilla-Ciénaga road - Barranquilla - Colombia

The bidding process for the award of the construction contract for three viaducts in the Ciénaga – Barranquilla corridor continues to progress satisfactorily, according to the National Institute of Roads (Invias).

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A total of 16 expert engineering companies, both national and foreign, submitted bids for the viaducts to be built on kilometers 19, 28 and 59 of the highway Cienaga – Barranquilla and they are part of a phased plan of interventions in the corridor.

Last year the entity completed the first phase of the schedule, with which it carried out protection works on the side of the road between the kilometer 18 and 20, to ensure that this section would no longer be susceptible to coastal erosion.

“Six consortiums presented their economic proposals during the bidding process. These consortiums are made up of 16 companies that feel guarantees of transparency in the processes carried out by the transport sector”, he stated. the Minister of Transport, Ángela María Orozco Gómez.

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This project has guaranteed resources of $700 billion with which three viaducts totaling 10 kilometers in length will be built,

This project has guaranteed resources of $700 billion with which three viaducts totaling approximately 10 kilometers in length will be built.
The Technical and Structuring Director of the Invias, Guillermo Toro Acuna, He explained that “This project will generate more than 3,800 jobs during its execution. We will carry out the award in March, after the entity carries out a process of analysis and study of the technical, financial and legal documents of the six proposals presented”.

The second phase, currently underway, consists of construction works for a multilayer rockfill and the reinforcement of critical points in the corridor, after an investment of close to 10 billion pesos. The third and last phase is the construction of the three viaducts.

BARRANQUILLA

Vía al Llano: construction of the viaduct began at kilometer 58 - Other Cities - Colombia

The National Institute of Roads (Invías) announced that construction work has begun on the viaduct at kilometer 58 of the road corridor that connects Bogotá with Villavicenciowith an investment of 150 billion pesos.

The viaduct will be approximately 720 meters long and will be made up of a 6-support structure that will have 2 abutments and 4 piers. In addition, it will have 3 central lights every 180 meters and two every 90 meters.

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In the sector where the foundation works began, the general director of Invías, Juan Esteban Gil Chavarría, accompanied by the governors of Meta, Juan Guillermo Zuluaga, and Cundinamarca, Nicolás García, explained the scope of the project, responding to some concerns of the community, subsequently making a tour

At the meeting, the attending community was informed about the details of the project, the generation of employment, the possible property and economic damages to seek consensus that allows the execution of the work to be carried out successfully, which has been proposed as the definitive solution. to the problems that are registered in the place due to the instability of the terrain.

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The Guayabetal community stated that due to the work, the relocation of a service station has not yet been authorized and will affect six grocery stores, for which it proposes to be relocated or compensated to withdraw from the site or modify the design of the viaduct to avoid damage to premises.

In developing the socialization of the project, the concerns of the community were listened to in detail with the commitment to review each one of them and provide a response in a next meeting on March 4, providing all the guarantees so that in the framework of the development of the project generates the minimum of affectations, where the general benefit always prevails over the individual.

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On the other hand, the Andean Road Concessionaire announced that In June of this year, the new road between Chirajara and Villavicencio will be delivered to the service in its entirety, which reaches a general progress of 95.72 percent.

Of the six sections that make up this Fourth Generation project, three are already completed and in service for users, while the others will be completed during the first half of 2022.

It was also announced that the construction of the new Chirajara bridge is 22.64 percent complete and is scheduled to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2024.

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VILLAVICENCIO

Barranquilla: controversial construction of a scale on the road to the sea - Barranquilla - Colombia

An alert has been launched for several weeks by the deputy of the Atlantic, Lourdes López, for the trench construction for the installation of a scale in the vicinity of the Papiros toll, between Barranquilla and Puerto Colombia.

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Now, the woman insists in the last hours with the complaint, after recently learning of the death of the cyclist Jose Manuel Silver Acevedowho had an accident on December 10 when he fell into one of those ditches.

They are damaging not only a 4G route, but they are also attacking the human being

“What is happening on the road to the Sea is unacceptable. We had denounced it, we had brought it to the attention of the competent authorities, such as the ANI and the Ministry of Transport,” López lamented.

The deputy argued that, by installing a weighing scale, they did not take into account the berm that was had to leave for cyclists and other road users, who must now divert and expose themselves to an accident.

“They are harming not only a 4G route, but they are also attacking human beings, against those who use public transport. We need the dismantling of that weighing and that they buy a private property, ”he added.

The accident with cyclists

Drivers have also reported recklessness by cyclists.

Lourdes López rejected the creation of the scale in public space, which is “taking the lane away from athletes and users”, as she considered, despite the known accident statistics that have recently occurred in the cyclists and motorcyclists union.

And it is that, according to the records that handle the networks of cyclists in Barranquilla and the Atlantic, last year six accidents were counted that involved these users in the Vía al Mar sector. Among these incidents, one died.

While, so far in 2022, there are known to be at least two injured bike users and another deceased.

“The concessionaire (Ruta Costera) ISA could not, did not want, or was not enough to buy a private property and manage to do it without damaging the safe passage for them, but rather completely hindering and truncating this important road,” said the deputy.

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The cyclists’ message

How can you think of placing that scale 20 meters from the toll?! They remove the berm and there is no safety zone

The cycling union in the department also regretted what happened with Plata Acevedo and the works that are carried out in this area, very popular with cyclists, without enough job warnings in the way.

“There were some pallets, but they were not well attached to the hole so as not to let anyone pass. The man went through there and went through the ditch. How can you think of placing that scale 20 meters from the toll?! They take away the berm and there is no security zone”, they expressed.

After fighting for his life for two months, José Manuel Plata Acevedo died as a result of the serious injuries he suffered when he fell into the ditch, which had exposed some rods.

The 59-year-old man was the brother of the former head of the Atlantic Passport Office, Gloria Plata, who died in August 2020 of natural causes.

This medium consulted the Coastal Route Concession, in charge of the Papiros toll, but so far has not issued a response in this regard.

Deivis Lopez Ortega
Correspondent of EL TIEMPO Barranquilla
On twitter: @dejholopez
Write me at deilop@eltiempo.com

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Construction sector promotes campaign 'Valle buys Valley' - Cali - Colombia

The bell ‘Valley, buy Valley’ is led by the Governor Clara Luz Roldanwith entrepreneurs and productive sectors, as a regional commitment to promote economic revival of the department, throughout the covid-19 pandemic and post-pandemic.

Yumbo and Palmyra, for example, they lead the supply of construction materials in Cali, with more than 1,800 tons of cement sold to cusezar during 2021, according to reports from the construction company.

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Buying from products for protection, such as masks, gloves, alcohol, glasses, even for personal use, through supplies and other goods and services, is the call of the president, who in this sense speaks of “buying inside”, buying what necessary and avoid the luxuries, that is, the economy of the minimum.

the construction industry is at the forefront of the economic reactivation of the Valley.

Construction companies like Cusezar continue to leverage the local purchase of materials for housing projects in cities like Cali.

According to company figures, during 2021, 1,800 tons of cement, 2,800 cubic meters of gravel and 330 tons of steel were purchased, supplied by suppliers located in the municipalities of Yumbo and Palmira.

While suppliers of the municipality of Puerto Tejada in Cauca, they sold 3,700 cubic meters of sand to the construction company.

construction projects progress

During 2021, local purchasing boosted sectors and subsectors such as transportation, logistics and marketing, which also caused Cusezar Cali to generate around 650 jobs (direct and indirect).

Silvio Velasco, manager of the Cali de Cusezar branch.

“We find good quality at home, the Valley has serious companies and high-quality raw materials for the housing construction industry in Cali and its surroundings. From Cusezar we seek to contribute to the growth and development of cities and buying local is the commitment to strengthen our regional economy”, he said. Silvio Velasco, manager of the Cali de Cusezar branch.

This same dynamic caused sales in the construction sector in Cali and neighboring municipalities during the year 2021 to exceed 30,000 homes, with a growth of 11% compared to the same period in 2020; and of that total 27,500 units correspond to Housing of Social Interest – VIS, with an increase of 13%.

In 2022, the housing developments that contribute to the urban renewal of the city will be maintained, such as Mirador del Oeste, located in the Santa Teresita neighborhood in western Cali; and Bosque del Valle, an important urban development of more than 5,000 housing units located to the south of the city, among which the projects El Guayacán, La Arboleda, Pradera, El Zorzal and El Álamo are currently in the process of being commercialized and built.

Cusezar, according to its managers, is a construction company with 65 years in the Colombian market, which indicates its solidity and the creation of value for clients, collaborators and shareholders. “We provide experience in investment projects, important infrastructure works and other urban macroprojects to develop cities and strengthen communities in the long term. Our growth is based on ethical and moral principles, sustained by innovation, design and product quality, which is projected in the passion and excellence of our human talent”.

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Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta: Arhuacos denounce construction - Other Cities - Colombia

The Arhuaco indigenous denounced invasions and the construction of a road, in their opinion illegal, on sacred grounds in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, over the jurisdiction of Fundación and Aracataca.

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The governor of the Arhuaco council, Danilo Villafañe, assures that for weeks there has been machinery working in the area to adapt a road, without any kind of permit.

The wife of the man who we bought with some new deeds appeared. This is illogical, because the same land cannot be sold twice.

“They are opening a path. We do not know if it is from the coffee growers, from the owner of a farm or from the Aracataca mayor’s office; nobody says anything,” Villafañe said.

The indigenous authority is equally concerned that strangers come breaching the sites prohibited with invasions.

This problem occurs in the municipalities of Fundación, exactly in the sectors known as Galaxia, La Arenosa and surrounding areas, as well as in Aracataca, in La Fuente and adjacent areas of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

A situation that also worries the Arhuacos is the irregular occupation of a private property called La Divisain the ‘El 50’ sector.

This space was acquired by the indigenous people 20 years ago, however, a few weeks ago another alleged owner appeared with the intention of building.

“The wife of the man who we bought with some new deeds appeared. This is illogical, because the same land cannot be sold twice,” added Villafañe.

Meetings to deal with problems

The concerns that the Arhuacos have was expressed in a meeting that was held on January 22.

Mayors of the municipalities, a representative of the Foundation, the Magdalena Police and Corpamag participated in said meeting.

Even though they made a series of commitments To address the complaints of the Arhuacos, there was no intervention in the sacred territories that are being invaded.

The indigenous raised the complaint to national instances, managing to draw the attention of the Ministry of Agriculture, which scheduled a new dialogue table with the older brothers.

From this appointment, there were new announcements aimed at protecting the sacred sites of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

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This project will be done in phases. The important thing is to trace the path through an investment card

“We were in ‘Cancabarua’ with the Arhuaca community, meeting different representatives of Mamo authorities and a roadmap was established for the expansion of the reservations and their protection,” commented the Minister of Agriculture, Rodolfo Zea.

The official also reported that the goal that has been set is to expand the hectares and adapt them.

“This project will be done in phases. The important thing is to pave the way through an investment file that we will be working with the National Planning Department”, the Minister of Agriculture pointed out.

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For THE WEATHER Santa Marta
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Medellín: tender for the construction of the 80 metro will begin - Medellín - Colombia

This Friday, February 4, the tender for the construction of the subway of the 80, the most important mobility project that the capital of Antioquia currently has.

The announcement was made this morning, Monday, January 31, by both the Medellin’s town hall such as the Metro, which said that said tender will be open with something called a “glass ballot box” to receive offers for a period of three months.

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“The metro will contract through its own contracting statute, who is going to contract here is the Medellín metro, just as we have done in the Picacho cable metro and the Ayacucho tramway,” said Tomás Elejalde, manager of the Metro. .

Elejalde added that there are already at least 18 national and international companies interested in this project, since the draft terms of reference had been published since October 2021.

The mayor of Medellin, Daniel Quintero, celebrated this step so that the city has another metro line, which will pass through the western side of the capital of Antioquia.

“This is a project of more than 13 kilometers of works that will generate 6,000 jobs, 17 stations, which will impact a million citizens of Medellin but will impact the entire metropolitan area and will become a decongestion channel of the main line”, affirmed the local president.

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The cost of the project amounts to $3.54 billion, of which the Nation will contribute $2.47 billion (70%) and the Municipality the remaining $1.062 billion.

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Courtesy of the Mayor’s Office of Medellin

Quintero specified that this metro will influence 32 neighborhoods in Medellin that will have access to mobility with at least 20 electric cars.

On the other hand, Sergio López, director of Planning of the municipality, clarified that the contract that will be awarded for 1.7 billion pesos.

“This contract has three very important components: civil works, rolling stock and phase 3 design. The contractor or group of contractors that wins will be responsible for making us a turnkey contract. That is to say, they have the responsibility to answer for the three issues and they are co-responsible for making sure that all three go well,” López said.

The mayor’s office expects a mixture of conglomerates of national and international companies to arrive for this selection, including train manufacturing and engineering companies.

The official clarified that there are already two signed contracts related to the project. The first is property management between the Medellín Metro company and the EDU of 900 billion pesos and has already started. There is also another with EPM for the design and redistribution of dry and wet networks throughout the 80 corridor.

Under this panorama, this project advances on which adaptations of road extensions are already being made and with which efforts are also made in the purchase of land necessary for its construction.

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It should be remembered that the project has an estimated cost of 3.54 billion pesos, backed by the Nation in future terms of 6 years, with disbursements between 2024 and 2029 amounting to 2.47 billion pesos, and for part of Medellín through total disbursements of 1.06 billion pesos over 15 years from 2020 to 2034.

This mobility project will have 17 stations from the Caribe neighborhood, in the north, to the La Aguacatala sector, in the south of the city.

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Student dies after falling from third floor in Popular University in Colombia

Valledupar – A student in the last semester of Engineering at the Universidad del Areandina, Valledupar campus, lost her life this Wednesday, while supervised a work in the capital of Cesar. Is about Blanca Cecilia Sanchez Villazon, 23 years old, a close relative of the deceased vallenato music singer, Rafael Orozco.

Sanchez had finished his academic process, was doing professional internships at the aforementioned institution and was preparing to graduate this year.

The preliminary report indicates that the young woman fell into the void, after trying to lean against a wall, where an elevator appears to be built in the People’s University of Cesar (UPC), savannah headquarters of this locality.

The student suffered severe head trauma and fractures in different parts of the body, for which she was referred to the Laura Daniela Clinic in Valledupar, where she died.

The death of the young woman shook her fellow students and the Areandina educational community, who expressed their solidarity with the Sánchez Villazón family.