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In this new stage of the delayed initiative, it was learned that on January 19 the bidding envelopes will be opened for the road renovation and signaling works that will take place between February and March. With a long history behind it and numerous obstacles, the electrification project of the San Martín train finally seems to find its way. It is that after so many twists and turns that have generated hope and disappointment in the thousands of passengers who use this railway on a daily basis, the execution of the plan to improve the service begins to know dates to continue advancing. The initiative had its most serious stage in 2017 with the launch of a tender whose envelopes were opened a year later, but in 2021 the Ministry of Transportation canceled that proposal due to the time elapsed. However, last October the project was reactivated by launching a new bidding process, which already has an opening date for the envelopes. It will take place on January 19, when it is known which of the 20 companies will be awarded the first stage of the plan. Competing: CREC, Semisa Infraestructura, Panedile, Supercemento, Eleprint, Zonis, Siemens Mobility, Alstom Argentina, Benito Roggio Transporte, Benito Roggio e Hijos, BTU, Ferromel, Herso, Rottio, Servitren, Kioshi, Vial Agro, C&E Construcciones, CPC and Prida Hilbing Engineering. Meanwhile, to avoid further delays, the contract divided the project into tenders by specialty and this one that was launched corresponds to the road renovation and signaling works, which are scheduled to begin between February and March 2023. It is worth remembering that for the electrification of San Martín, the National Government will invest more than 52,000 million financed through a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and that it will be executed on the 55 kilometers of the trace that connects the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Retiro with the district of Pilar. This is a line that will directly benefit more than 2.6 million people monthly, and indirectly more than 16.6 million people who live in the AMBA. |
