Regional governments must accelerate investment in roads with funds from the canon

Inversion Publica | Darcy Govea | November 3, 2009 at 3:38 pm

MTC Comisión Proinversión
Minister of Transport and Communications, Enrique Cornejo, reported that regional governments must seek ways to accelerate the implementation of the millions of new soles they receive for the fee in the development of infrastructure, mainly roads, which integrate and generate development.

He said, for example, the regional government of Ancash, Tacna, Cajamarca and Loreto have over 1,200 million dollars per charge, and have only executed 15 percent of this budget.

"We must look seriously address this problem of billions of suns that have accumulated these regions, we will reach the end of the year and will only run on 20 percent of this money," he said.

He said that emphasis should be placed in that regional authorities spend this money, which rightfully receive, in infrastructure projects to benefit their people.

It also stated that some regions like Ancash, Huanuco, Ucayali, want to partner to cross a road, but appropriate, that requires change to Canon Law.

"Ancash is one that has the resources, then we need to identify this region so you can make money for the development of this project," he told the Commission Proinversión of Congress.

However, he said that in Congress there is little agreement on this issue but there needs to be discussed to ensure that more resources are channeled into infrastructure.

Cornejo said that approximately 24,000 kilometers of roads are the responsibility of regional governments and between 80,000 and 100 thousand by the municipalities, but most are unpaved and therefore required to move quickly to close the gap in infrastructure.

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