In his usual press conference, the presidential spokesman, Manuel AdorniHe anticipated that the state firm will be governed under the granting of public works for tolls. Considered, at the same time, that will promote “The development of infrastructure works through the participation of the private sector that will be responsible for executing the necessary works and efforts to their own risk and in exchange for the right to demand the collection of a toll to users.”
Caution and urgencies in the provinces by state of the routes
In principle, the subnational administrations received the announcement with surprise, since they had no more information about it. “For now, it’s just that. There was no communication or greater details,” graphic to Scope From a coastal district. At the same time, a provincial Minister of Economy realized that they analyzed the measure in order to sit a clear position.
ROAD ROOMS SA. It is a public company that is responsible for infrastructure management and traffic of routes and highways. Currently, it manages about 6,000 kilometers of trace, divided into 10 sections that cross 14 provinces: Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Entre Ríos, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Mendoza, San Luis, Santiago del Estero, Salta, Tucumán, Jujuy, Corrientes, Chaco and Misiones.
It is not the first time that the Casa Rosada makes an ad in that sense. On October 10, 2024, also at a press conference, Adorni had said: “The Government decided to put in the hands of the private sector the management to operate and maintain the national routes, which are mostly in charge of Roads SA. This state company has a state deficit of US $ 30 million, which until December 2023 was financed with national treasure funds. ”
On the occasion, the official denounced that the company “did not comply with the minimum standards of operation and maintenance” and said that “any national or international company that presents the insurance required in each case may participate in the tender to provide the service in a manner more efficient “.
A source aware of the process assured that “It’s the same thing they announced eight months ago” and “Road runners cannot be privatized because it basically has no assets, nor any liabilities; All its assets are of the concession. Ultimately, the owner of everything is national road. “
“Everything they are saying to privatize or liquidate the company is to distract the current problem that a year ago Road Corridors charges a 300% rate higher than in the previous management, but breaching the concession contracts, because it does not invest in The routes “, The voice complained.
This Friday, meanwhile, the president’s office reported that, according to own surveys, 3,400 km under the orbit of the firm “were not in optimal conditions for vehicular traffic.” “This is a clear sign that the state administration of the network does not work, and that it is not the role of the State the management of the highways,” The statement indicates. He also adds that from now on “it will be the concessionaire who will have to carry out the works in order to achieve the right of toll collection.”
Districts’ protests
During the interregno between the two ads, the jurisdictions continued to raise their voice through the state of the routes. One of the most vehemente was the management of Santa Fe Maximiliano Pullaro. Your Minister of Public Works, Lisandro Enricocame to say that for the government of Milei “National routes do not exist, they don’t care, they are not interested.”
“The situation is unsustainable. NAdie speaks of national routes because it is an issue that is inside and this is a government that has a very Buenos Aires look, is a porteñocracy, and the truth is that they don’t care, ”he protested.
Days ago, a joint scrum between the province of Buenos Aires and mayors, coordinated by the Minister of Infrastructure and Public Services Buenos Aires, Gabriel Katopodisfiled a lawsuit against Justice for Justice for “The abandonment of the routes.” The text fell to the Federal Civil, Commercial and Contentious Administrative Court No. 1 of San Martín, Secretariat No. 2, by the Judge Oscar Papavero.
In it, reference is made to, every month, “The National Administration collects funds through different taxes that have to be specifically allocated to public works, including the maintenance of the 40,000 km of national routes.”
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“In particular, despite being bound by law, during 2024 the government did not transfer $ 200 billion to national roads that raised with the fuel tax and, in addition, it stayed with $ 1 billion arising from the country tax, which had to be used to execute infrastructure “, Point out.
On the other hand, the presentation indicates that PBA has nine national routes that are going through 57 municipalities adding more than 4,000 kilometers and the national road investment in the PBA fell 85.9% for 2024 with respect to the previous year, being the most affected province being for the cuts throughout the country. After adorni’s announcement, in La Plata they took chest: “Maybe we made noise.”
Private actors were also added to the claims of the provinces, such as the Argentine Chamber of the Medium Enterprises (CAME) and Economic Federations of various districts, which denounced the difficulty in transporting merchandise by land as a result of the poor state of the routes. “You have to generate better transitability conditions “, They demanded.
Source: Ambito
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