The President of the Republic, Daniel Noboa, met with the Prefect of Guayas and government authorities to learn the details of the Fifth Bridge of Guayaquil project.

The Minister of Transport and Public Works, Roberto Luque, announced that the government was launching a tender process, evaluating potential investors and defining the best project. concede the Fifth Bridge or South Viaduct of Guayaquil.

Luque said pre-feasibility studies are underway and investors are being sought for the project, which will be executed through a long-term concession.

According to the minister, there is companies from China, Canada, France and Mexico interested in the project, but said they wanted to launch an open and transparent process, without yet mentioning any deadlines or deadlines.

Likewise, he stressed that it is a question of defining the most appropriate legal regime for the projectwhich has a high technical and financial component.

“We have discussed with investors, there are between three or four interested. “We are studying the best project and the objective is a long-term concession,” he added.

These statements were made in Guayaquil after an interinstitutional table with President Daniel Noboagovernment authorities and the prefect of Guayas, Marcela Aguiñaga.

“First of all, I must say that we are going to build the bridge. Secondly, it is a national level project, very important. because 90% of freight goes through Guayaquil or he enters through Guayaquil and we must execute him,” the minister said.

The Fifth Bridge project in Guayaquil will cross the cantons of Yaguachi, Naranjal, Durán and Guayaquil, which is why it is sought after plot a faster route for entry and exit of goods heavy cargo to the southern seaports of Guayaquil.

The minister also said he would coordinate with the municipalities of Yaguachi, Naranjal, Durán and Guayaquilas well as with the prefecture of Guayas, to carry out the activities corresponding to the project.

The National Government has repealed the last-minute decree by which former President Guillermo Lasso transferred responsibility for the construction of the Fifth Bridge to the municipality of Guayaquil.

The mayor of Guayaquil, Aquiles Alvarez wasn’t even invited at the meeting this Thursday, November 30 at the Government of Guayas.

This despite the fact that 40% of the project will be carried out in Guayaquilwhere expropriations must be carried out and municipal permits granted.

Luque said more meetings should be held with local authorities to refine the details of the project.

“For now, the project does not need coordination because we are just starting the process auctions,” Luque added.

Finally, the minister did not give time to launch the tender, as he stated that the Government’s objective was to succeed in a tender, which failed several times.

Work on the Fifth Bridge It’s been more than 15 years without being able to come to fruition. “We want to have a successful project, a successful call for tenders,” he assured.

Guayas road network

The prefect of Guayas, Marcela Aguiñaga, arrived at noon in the governorate of Guayas, in the center of Guayaquil, for a meeting with the President of the RepublicDaniel Noboa.

In brief statements to the press, Aguiñaga said upon his arrival that Would you like to discuss the state of the road network with the president? of the province and a rural social housing plan.

In this sense, he will present to the government the housing project which is requesting funding from the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (Miduvi). Prefecture present to government authorities a model of a model house.

In the rural sector of the canton El Triunfo 46 housing units are already under construction on land ceded by the municipality.

“The president called us to discuss the Fifth Bridge issue. Here we provide information on heavy goods traffic in the province.

Marcela Aguiñaga, prefect of Guayas.

These are sections of the Guayas road network that cross the cantons of Guayaquil, Durán and Naranjal, Aguiñaga said.

“The Fifth Bridge It is an essential work. It doesn’t matter who does itthis is the benefit that it will bring to the people of Guayas and Guayaquil,” he added.

Aguiñaga also said that if there was space, he would take advantage of it to request allocations from the national government. due since September to the Prefecture and to the municipalities.

Authorities from local and national entities such as the Prefecture of Guayas, the Government of Guayas, the Ministry of Transport and Public Works and Miduvi will participate in the meeting with the president.

The mayor of Guayaquil, Aquiles Alvarez, He was the big absentee from the meetingsince, as he said, he was not invited.

The Minister of Government, Mónica Palencia, was the first to arrive at the government to finalize the details before the meeting.

Noboa arrived at the Governor’s Office around 1:00 p.m., accompanied by the Ministers of Transportation and Public Works, Roberto Luque; and housing, Humberto Plaza.

Birthday lunch for the president

After the meeting, the prefect of Guayas, Marcela Aguiñaga, confirmed that the central government will take charge of the construction of the Fifth Bridge “in the not too distant future” and that it will seek financing from investors.

These issues were addressed during a lunch at the Government of Guayas, during which the authorities took the opportunity to celebrate with a cake for the president’s 36th birthday Daniel Noboa. Aguiñaga added that he gave the president a book: “The art of living”.

“We have put in place all the coordination as the Prefecture of Guayas for the use of the road network that falls under our administration, in the new lines that the project will have,” said Aguiñaga.

The prefect indicated that they had also discussed road safety issues of the province with the president and his ministers.

There was also talk of the repaving of the National Unity Bridge, which is progressing very slowly. And the prefecture presented a rural housing project requesting funding from the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing (Miduvi).

The national government committed financing of 5% of the entry housing, which should promote more rural social housing programs, like the one the Prefecture is building in El Triunfo.

The meeting, described as “fruitful” by the parties, brought together government ministers, Mónica Palencia; and housing, Humberto Plaza.