Bogotá-Girardot highway
Holding:
75%
End of contract (year):
2046
Length:
141 km
In Colombia, the Via Sumapaz Bogotá-Girardot highway is of vital importance to the economy and life in the surrounding regions. It is the country’s busiest road, stretching from the Pacific coast to the centre of the capital, Bogotá.
It is of strategic importance for the country to modernise and widen the highway, and ensure it is operated and maintained to the highest standards. Since 2016, VINCI Highways is running the project as part of the 30-year concession contract.
The aim is to improve mobility, safety and user comfort as well as strengthen ties between different regions. Achieving these goals are of the utmost importance and will benefit the local population, boost the economy and create employment opportunities. VINCI Highways is also rolling out a great number of initiatives in the area to put back into the community and help the environment.
OPENING UP NEW OPPORTUNITIES
A highway with a positive impact through to Bogotá
VINCI Highways is rehabilitating the entire length of the highway and building a third lane over a 65‑km stretch in both directions. The project doesn't stop there though, as it seeks to also promote more environmentally friendly, non-motorised transport with the construction of bike lanes, walkways and footbridges. The project safely combines several forms of mobility, reflecting the needs and habits of the local population on a variety of levels.
An economic boost for the country
The project itself drives economic activity – 1,500 direct jobs were created in 2018 alone. Moreover, facilitating new forms of mobility in a region also opens up a wealth of opportunities to grow the economy over the long term. Colombia has estimated the road will generate 14,000 indirect jobs and contribute 395 billion pesos to its GDP each year, creating a virtuous circle that benefits the entire country.
Improving life for local communities
By its very nature, the project improves the quality of life for people in the surrounding area by offering greater mobility, increasing safety and pushing up the value of land. In addition, VINCI Highways and its Colombian subsidiary have demonstrated genuine unwavering commitment. They developed the project in close collaboration with local residents, listening to their needs, wants and hopes. Out of this consultation process came a number of initiatives, which go far beyond the framework of the road project. VINCI Highways strives to play an active role in the community by supporting local people, offering aid and assistance to victims of natural disasters and taking action to help the environment.
User safety
To place highway safety at the heart of the project, VINCI Highways ran six accident prevention campaigns in close collaboration with the Colombian Highway Police. The campaigns were rolled out during rush hours at strategic points along the motorway at Chinauta, Boquerón, Soacha, La Vaca que Ríe, Chusacá and Piscilago. Drivers were able to take part in road safety workshops and learn about the right way to behave behind the wheel.
Being helpful at the heart of the territories
VINCI Highways' and Via Sumapaz' commitment to sustainable development in Colombia is also reflected in actions to help refugee populations fleeing the economic and political crisis in Venezuela. Called Via Esperanza, this humanitarian aid area on the Bogotà-Girardot road corridor has helped 8,000 walkers, the vast majority of whom are migrants, 2,300 of whom are minors and 130 pregnant women.
Alongside the National Infrastructure Agency (ANI), VINCI Highways has also set up a circular economy and solidarity project aimed at enabling the socio-professional reintegration of 22 former FARC fighters by offering them the opportunity to manufacture more than 1,000 recycled objects (bags, cases, etc.) from used clothing.
Protecting the environment
In addition to its many social projects, VINCI Highways is also committed to protecting natural environments through a vast reforestation programme in Colombia.
Led by Via Sumapaz and VINCI Highways (VINCI Concessions) in collaboration with the Colombian National Infrastructure Agency (ANI), more than 3,388 trees have been planted since last year in the municipalities of Soacha and Sibaté as part of an environmental compensation and reforestation programme, due to the construction work.
It’s so important to understand and underline the work the team at Vía Sumapaz is doing: they are listening to the community, solving problems and bringing hope
ChallengeMet
Maintaining the flow of traffic throughout the road works
The first phase of works was launched in 2018 and completed in just five months. The project was designed to minimise traffic disruption and close cooperation was achieved with the local police to reach the highest safety standards.
In 2021, work to widen and rehabilitate the Bogota-Girardot highway in Colombia will accelerate. Work on the roadway, engineering structures and embankment stabilisation will begin in several sectors totalling 72 km of the 145 km of the concession. VINCI Highways, which has held the concession for this motorway since 2016, in synergy with VINCI Construction Grands Projets and VINCI Construction Terrassement, is launching this phase of works, which will last about four years and include, among other things, 60 km of widening to two-thirds of the road's length and several tunnels. This is a nationwide project that will generate 14,000 jobs (direct, indirect and induced).
Keystages
The concession contract was signed in 2016 for a period of 30 years.
In 2018, VINCI Highways delivered:
- A fully renovated 10-km stretch of motorway between Soacha and Sibaté
- A 1-km stretch of the newly built third lane in both directions
- Bike lanes, walkways and footbridges
In 2021, work on the roadway, engineering structures and embankment stabilisation will begin in several sectors totalling 72 km of the 145 km of the concession. among other things, 60 km of widening to two-thirds of the road's length and several tunnels.
In 2023, VINCI Highways acquired a majority interest in Via Sumapaz and finalises the project's long-term financing.
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