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electricity lines. The company will work closely with the
Ministry of Public Works and the affected utilities to seek
consensus solutions.
Ferrovial has been operating in Chile since 1996 in the
toll roads, services, construction, and airports businesses.
Ferrovial Agroman played a leading role in building Santiago
Metro line 6, which was inaugurated in December 2017 —
it built 3 000m of tunnel and seven of the 10 stations. It
is currently building the Universidad de Chile Station, on
line 3, and new accesses to the Tobalaba Station, on line 4.
The services division is working with the mining industry
through subsidiary Steel Ferrovial Servicios. Additionally, in
2016, Ferrovial acquired Transchile, which owns a 204km
power transmission line. nn
Chile’s Rutas del Loa road project, located in the Atacama
Desert, consists of upgrading and double-lane widening to
two lanes a 111km segment in Calama, and the construction
of a 25km bypass road of this town, linking several roads.
The works to be performed include notably building a
345m viaduct over the River Loa, and it has been awarded
to contractor Ferrovial Agroman. The contractor is to build
the road for EUR273-million. The infrastructure will be
managed by Intervial Chile under a 40-year concession.
One of the main challenges posed by the project is to
minimise the impact on transport routes and utilities that
run alongside the road. They include railway, water mains,
and gas pipelines, as well as telecommunications and
Third lanes on the Ruta 5 Sur highway in Angostura, Chile
and other potential project partnerships, financing, and
investment opportunities will be made available at the
summit. The summit facilitates in-depth discussions with
senior-level government representatives, which will ensure
participants obtain detailed information and direct contacts
for capturing project financing, investment, construction,
and operation opportunities. The summit will present
concrete possibilities within ongoing and upcoming
Argentinian infrastructure projects for airports, ports,
roads, trains, and more. nn
Argentina’s third Infrastructure Summit will be held
in Buenos Aires on 5–6 December 2018, with a focus
on infrastructure development, operation, and financing.
This high-level event aims to provide a platform for
local and international companies, investors, and financial
institutions to engage with Argentinian decision-makers
on short-term and long-term cooperation possibilities.
First-hand information on Argentina’s infrastructure
and investment policies, priority projects, procurement
opportunities, new public-private partnership framework
Senior government officials presenting their projects at the previous summit.
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