To speed up the construction of the Bogotá Metro, the capital and national authorities met on March 15 to review the progress of the project. District officials presented the feasibility progress and requirements necessary to ensure that the second line of the Bogotá Metro and the Calle 13 trunk can be co-financed.
At the end of the meeting, no details were provided about the meeting. The national authorities recalled that the co-financing of both projects is subject to compliance with the requirements set out in Article 100 of the National Development Plan and the standards set out in the Ministry of Transport.
Both the second metro line design and the main line must be supported by technical, environmental, legal and financial feasibility studies. Likewise, it has been indicated that the co-financing of these projects is also a function of the availability of the resources of the nation and the territory.
Despite this latest warning, hours before the meeting ends, President Iván Duque assured that he will sign funding for the second metro line for the city before the end of his term in August of this year.
It should be remembered that the national government is already co-financing, with resources exceeding 20 billion pesos, several transport projects in Bogota, such as the first line of the subway and its trunks of feeding. Furthermore, from a regional point of view, the extension of Transmilenio to Soacha in its II and III stages, and Regiotram of the West.
The Department of National Planning (DNP) has indicated that these projects, and in particular the second line of the Bogotá metro and the Calle 13 trunk, will greatly benefit citizens. They point out that in addition to expanding the transport system, it will generate benefits for their quality of life and the productivity of the region.
The DNP ensures that the second line of the Bogotá metro will benefit 2.5 million inhabitants in the cities of Chapinero, Barrios Unidos, Engativa and Suba. It is a priority project from Bogota with progress in feasibility studies, whose selected route starts at Caracas Avenue with Calle 72, where it connects to the first line of the subway. From there it starts westwards along 72nd Street to Avenida Ciudad de Cali, and takes northwest to the corridor of the future ALO, reaching AC 145 (future Transversal Avenue of Suba) and ending in workshop yard.
As for the trunk of Calle 13, it includes a 11.4 km corridor, which includes 13 TransMilenio stations, a workshop site and six intersections, becoming a fundamental project because it will help decongest this corridor and improve the regional link. In addition, it will benefit more than 1.7 million inhabitants, and it is estimated that by 2030 this luggage compartment will serve between 150,000 and 200,000 passengers in a typical working day.
By taking these variables into account, the national government ensures that it is interested in implementing the projects. They ensure that they will continue to monitor feasibility progress and will technically accompany its development.
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