In an interview conducted on the program “Welcome to the train” of bravo tvled by Juan Di NataleNational Highway Union Secretary; Fabian Catanzarohe pointed out. road infrastructure then experienced a critical situation No public works or maintenance performed for two years.
“Every year that maintenance is not performed, the route loses three to five years of service life,” he explained.
According to data from the National Federation of Road Officials. 65-70% of the national network (approximately 40,000 kilometers) is in good or poor condition.. Mr. Catanzaro also warned that this lack of investment would lead to problems such as: Increase in accidents and fatalitiesAlmost 10 people die per 100,000 people, a figure the WHO considers an epidemic.
Ricardo LascaMembers of the National Road Users Defense Committee criticized this as follows: new road concession It was sanctioned by the government and he described it as a “road scam”. “It’s a 30-year concession for mowing and filling potholes. There are no plans to widen the line or build a highway,” he said.
Experts decried the deal as benefiting the public. The same company is indicted in a corruption case. Toll fees then add to transportation costs and affect the price of basic products. “We are paying a toll to commit suicide. 5,000 people die in road accidents a year and more than 100,000 are injured,” he said grimly.
Productive impacts and economic losses
Both guests agreed about the deterioration of the road network. affect the national economytransportation costs increase and local economies become less competitive. “Producers in the north spend more money transporting their cargo to ports than exporting it,” Catanzaro exemplified. Additionally, they warned that shutting down public works would cause a recession. Loss of 1 to 1.5 points of annual GDP.
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Panelists agreed that national highway The company is undergoing a process of hollowing out, with salaries frozen and professional engineers lost. They also Lack of national policy on land transport and road safety. “There is no management, there is no education, there is no infrastructure. We are going back to the mistakes of the ’90s,” Laska concluded.
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