President Luis Lacalle Pou received Mayor Richard Sander and businessmen from the neighboring country to discuss the project.
He President Luis Lacalle Pou received the Rivera’s mayor, Richard Sander, together with a group of businessmen from Brazil, in the framework of the project to build a free zone industrial in that department, which contemplates a investment of 32 million dollars and the generation of around 200 jobs.
Next to Minister of Tourism, Tabaré Vierathe president spoke at the executive tower with Sander, accompanied by a group of investors and businessmen from St. Catarina, where the initiative that seeks to place a new free zone on kilometer 480 of route 5, in a property of almost 60 hectares, in full ascent of the exports from these sectors.
This was stated by the departmental head, who recalled that “we have been working on the project for five years.” Along these lines, he recalled that “it started in the previous government, it was a bit boxed in and in 2020 when he took office Luis (Lacalle Pou) We brought him the proposal”.
Regarding the businessmen in charge of the work, Sander pointed out that they are from Parana State and have investments in “several states of Brazil and the United States and recalled that the Brazilian company Tradener buys and sells energy from joint venture since 2006. “They are businessmen known to the Uruguayan government. Rounding.
For Sander, “An economic development project like this is very important and one that generates at least 200 jobs in a first stage”. After the event, it was reported that there are some 21 companies interested in establishing themselves in Rivera.
Optimism about the establishment of free zones
On the realization of the project, in a department where the arrival of a dry port is also projected, the mayor was optimistic and pointed out that the first investment exceeds 32 million dollars, to later clarify that “it is not a tender, it is awarded directly.”
“These are the things that we need in the department, generate investments stable and that younger people see that there is a possibility of work and development in the department. It is very important to achieve the investment, hopefully we can arrive at the holidays with great news and that we can move forward, “he enthused.
Source: Ambito
