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Bolivia Mulls Bridges Over Lake Titicaca
LA PAZ – The Bolivian government will
conduct studies on the construction of three
large bridges over Lake Titicaca, which it
shares with Peru, the governor of La Paz
province said Wednesday.
Pablo Ramos told reporters that the project
is being demanded by the mainly Aymara
Indian residents of mountain towns around
the world’s highest lake, the official ABI
news agency said.
“The government needs a study to identify
the best places (for) the construction of
three large bridges,” said the governor
after meeting with local leaders.
The proposal calls for three bridges – one
of them 3,000 meters (9,836 ft.) long – to
link the Kehuaya community with the islands
of Suriqui and Taquiri, as well as the town
of Santiago de Oje.
The backing for the construction of the
bridges does not include the possibility of
building another piece of similar
infrastructure across the so-called Tiquina
Strait, which tourists cross daily in
precarious boats to get to the sanctuary at
Copacabana, which borders on Peru.
The boat operators working in that area
transporting people and vehicles on the
lake’s Tiquina Strait always have opposed
erecting a bridge there for fear that their
earnings will be negatively affected. EFE |
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