The National Institute of Roads, Invías, in the last hours mentioned that since yesterday with the passage of tractor-trailers on the Depression-La Sierra-Rosas road, the corridor began to operate only during daytime between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. :00 pm and alternately one way, per day. As reported, its use will be for turbo vehicles, trucks, double trucks, and tractor-trailers that do not exceed 43 tons of gross weight. Likewise, public service buses of up to 42 passengers may circulate.
The entity stated that the passage of light vehicles and passengers will be from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The tractor-trailers, with a gross weight of up to 43 tons, will transit from 11:01 a.m. The tractor-trailers will not be able to use this route in case of precipitation. At night the road will be closed to vehicle traffic for maintenance and improvement work.
On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, the road will operate in the Nariño-Cauca direction, for the transport of food and milk. On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, the vehicles will circulate in the Cauca – Nariño direction, for the transport of oxygen and gas.
Construction
To guarantee the safety and mobility of those who travel through this sector, the entity will continue to carry out the construction works of the Pan-American highway connection, which are advancing at a good pace. Likewise, it continues with the maintenance, improvement and expansion works of the alternate routes San Francisco – El Pepino and Piedra Sentada – El Tambo – Popayán.
The government kept its word in the department of Cauca by giving the service, from the municipality of El Bordo, the passage to vehicles loaded with milk and food along the Depresión – La Sierra – Rosas road.
The tractor-trailers with a maximum weight of 43 tons circulated in the Nariño-Cauca direction and were followed by passenger vehicles with up to 42 users. This was confirmed by the Minister of Transportation, Guillermo Francisco Reyes González, and the General Director of the National Institute of Roads, Invías, Juan Alfonso Latorre, who stressed that starting yesterday the tractor-trailers will have passage through this road.
Evidence
In the midst of local authorities, transporters and users, Minister Reyes González assured “the National government complied with Cauca, Nariño, Putumayo and, in general, the south of the country. We are here after the announcement made by the President, giving a report on the execution and passage of vehicles through the Depresión – La Sierra – Rosas road, where this weekend we were able to carry out load tests with the transporters, to guarantee the safe transit of vehicles of up to 43 tons, we verified the issue of curves and access to the municipality of La Sierra in order to give a new air to the trade of food, gas and oxygen in this important area of the country”.
The General Director of Invias indicated that, if the weather conditions allow it, he expects to open part of the Pan-American highway connection in a week with the installation of a provisional 30-meter bridge, and in 90 days, provide the service with a bridge of 125 meters whose foundations are advanced to reconnect the Pan-American Highway through a new section of 2.2 km.
Finally, the president of the Colombian Truck Drivers Association, ACC Nariño, Andrés Charfuelán, celebrated the joint exercise carried out by Invías for the opening. “They will comply with the conditions stipulated by the entity for safe transit through the corridor. From the ACC we are willing to continue contributing to be able to bring progress to the country through cargo transportation ”, he noted.
