$1,27 billones en obras: “Es la inversión más grande en Cartagena”
Más de $1 billón suma el portafolio de obras consolidado por la Alcaldía de Cartagena a través de la Secretaría de Infraestructura para liderar lo que será la transformación urbana de la ciudad. Así lo aseguró el ingeniero Wilmer Iriarte Restrepo, jefe de esta dependencia, que habló con El Universal sobre los avances y los planes que se tienen en esta materia.
TL;DR
- Cartagena's Infrastructure Secretariat has consolidated over $1 trillion in projects for urban transformation.
- Key projects include the Gran Malecón del Mar, Complejo Deportivo Nuevo Chambacú, new schools, sanitation works, and road interchanges.
- These investments are creating an economic ripple effect, boosting employment, reducing poverty, and redistributing wealth.
- An econometrical model suggests that 833 direct jobs in civil works generate 8,827 total jobs, and have lifted approximately 23,000 people out of extreme poverty.
- An estimated $200 billion will be paid in salaries over the four-year term, injecting income into local households and potentially reducing poverty by 0.9 percentage points.
- Cartagena is identified as one of the few Colombian cities actively redistributing wealth, moving to second place in this metric.
- Visible progress is noted in road infrastructure, with significant kilometers of new and rehabilitated roads and numerous streets and neighborhoods intervened.
- As of 2024-2025, $1.27 trillion has been contracted, with $455 billion executed, marking the largest infrastructure investment in the city's history.
- Specific project updates include progress on Nuevo Chambacú (55%), Gran Malecón del Mar (22%), and the La Carolina and Ternera interchanges.