Argentina, Chile To Speed Up Trans-Andean
Railway Plan
Buenos Aires - Argentina and Chile
announced the creation of a permanent
commission to advance the Central
Trans-Andean Railway project, Argentine
Transport Ministry said on Friday.
After meeting in Santiago, the capital of
Chile, Argentine Transport Minister Juan
Pablo Schiavi and Chilean Public Works
Minister Sergio Bitar agreed to include the
initiative in a bilateral agreement to be
ratified by Argentine President Cristina
Fernandez and her Chilean counterpart
Michelle Bachelet in October.
Both ministers also agreed to create a
permanent commission to speed up
negotiations between the two sides on the
project.
The project will reduce the transit burden
of the Cristo Redentor International Pass
and facilitate cargo transportation between
the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, boosting
trade exchange within the continent and with
Asian markets.
"The permanent commission will cement the
juridical framework, engineer works sequence
and the model of economic sustainability of
the project," said Shciavi after the
meeting.
The Bi-Oceanic Corridor includes the
construction of a railway which crosses the
Andean mountain range and ends in the port
of Santos, Brazil.
The project will use electric cargo trains
to link the Chilean town of Coquimbo with
Porto Alegre, Brazil.
The most important and complex work in this
project is a 52km tunnel into the most
complicated part of Andean mountain range. |
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