ECONOMIC EFFECTS

FOR USERS

  • Up to COP $320,000 in savings per trip for large trucks.

  • Up to 400 hours per year of savings in transit times for regular users.

  • It allows increasing the productivity of cargo transport vehicles.

  • More distance traveled in less time.

FOR COLOMBIA

  • Tax collections in 30 years: $ COP 36 trillion.

  • More than $ COP 33 trillion savings in avoided externalities (congestion, polluting emissions, accidents, fight against climate change, etc.)

  • Foreign trade impulse: 3.3% in the initial year.

  • 39% of trade increase in the Port of Buenaventura by 2030.

  • Impact on Colombia’s GDP: 0.25%.

SOCIAL EFFECTS

  • Great contribution to the integration between populations that are now very separated.

  • Reliability and guarantee in the displacements. Elimination of traffic jams on the road.

  • Accessibility of the population to health services, education, commerce, leisure, tourism, etc.

  • It promotes equity and equal opportunities.

  • Greater safety and comfort for all users of Ferropista and the road.

  • Ferropista is a complementary element to the road, which allows the functional specialization of each transport system.

  • Significant benefits for the nearby populations. Elimination of trucks in the Cajamarca crossing.

  • Employment creation.

  • Development of new technologies and industries in Colombia.

  • It promotes tourism development.

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

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  • Significant reduction of greenhouse gases emissions and fossil fuel consumption.

  • Ferropista Project contributes to Colombia’s fight against Climate Change and to the COP25 objectives.

  • Important noise and landscape intrusion reductions.