Two international consortiums have submitted bids to build the first line of Bog...
The logo of the Metro public transportation company is seen in Bogota, Colombia October 3, 2019. REUTERS/Luis Jaime Acosta
Five consortiums were initially pre-qualified to bid on the 13.8 trillion peso project. The winner of the contract for the a 24-km elevated line will be announced on Oct. 21. One consortium is comprised of Mexico’s Carso Infraestructura y Construccion and Promotora del Desarrollo de América Latina S.A. de C.V., Spain’s FCC Concesiones de Infraestructura S.L.U. and Ferrocarril Metropolita de Barcelona and France’s Alstom.
“Bogota has guaranteed its metro - we have two proposals from formidable groups of international importance,” Mayor Enrique Penalosa told journalists. “In April of next year work will start on the Bogota metro.”
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