The mayor of Cerro Largo, José Yurramendi, assured that the dredging of the river route between Uruguay and Brazil can be completed this year.
He Mayor of Cerro Largo, José Yurramendiassured that the dredging of the Merín Lagoon waterway could be realized during the course of the year, and that this river route between Uruguay and Brazil It could be a reality starting in 2025.
In conversation with radio Carve, the Arachán leader explained that, recently, it was signed in the Rivera department the call for prices for dredging, which jurisdictionally corresponds to Brazil. “After having this dredging, or in parallel, is when the port projects will begin to be carried out,” he stated.
“The barge port on the (river) Tacuarithat it’s called Puerto Tacuariwhat it is going to do is allow all the production in our area to be closer to the Atlantic Ocean) and the marketing destinations of the products”, stated Yurramendiwho added that this “is going to have an impressive impact” at the local level.
Yurramendi believes that the dredging works, in parallel with the completion of Puerto Tacuarí, will begin to accelerate this year, but that “the important thing is that we have had progress in the papers of the call for prices to do the dredging, and that is a drastic change in times”. “We hope that this will be a year of completion and that next year we will be able to see the work,” he said. Yurramendi.
“The market will say if one port is enough or if another one is necessary”
On the other hand, the department head stressed that, today, the only project for a port terminal in the area is Puerto Tacuarí, but that “the market and demand will say if one is enough or if another is necessary.”
When asked about possible interested parties in the construction of an alternative port, he stressed that there were already surveys even from Brazilsince “a Rio Grande (South) “It will serve you well,” since all the goods would end up at your port.
Source: Ambito
