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Transportation | 7 September, 2009 [ 17:30 ]

Peru's FETRANSA evaluating a railway to connect Peru and Brazil


LivinginPeru.com
Isabel Guerra

Ferrocarril Transandino (Fetransa), rail concessionaire in Southern and Southeastern Peru, is currently evaluating the possibility of building a railway to connect Peru with Brazil, according to Rómulo Guidino, Fetransa's General Manager.

“We could connect Tirapata (near Juliaca), passing by Puerto Maldonado (Madre de Dios), to Iñapari (near the border with Brazil),” he told the press today, remarking that it could also be connected with the Brazilian city of Asis.

“A project of this magnitude would need an investment of over US$1 billion, with an average construction time from 5 to 7 years,” he said.

Guidino said that a document with the proposal will be ready by the end of 2009 or in 2010.

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