The Council of Ministers approved the project for the creation of the National Infrastructure Directorate

The Council of Ministers approved at a meeting on Wednesday, March 29, check on the establishment of the National Infrastructure Administration. This was announced by Prime Minister Alberto Otarola, indicating that the initiative will be directed to Congress with “priority”.

From the outside government palaceHe Prime Minister urged parliament give priority to the initiative, which will soon be presented Executive power.

“I must inform the country that a bill has been approved for urgent submission to the Congress of the Republic to establish the National Infrastructure Authority,” he told the media.

“This bill will be prioritized before the Congress of the Republic, and we are making an appeal – as we did to the direct table a few days ago – to give it the priority and constitutional urgency that this draft requires,” he said. added. .

National Infrastructure Administration to take over reconstruction with modifications

He prime minister confirmed that the organization would absorb the still-active Reconstruction and Reconstruction Authority (ARRC), established in 2017 to carry out and oversee public infrastructure damaged after the passage of the track. Coastal El Niño Phenomenon 2017, with “essential” and “radical” modifications.

“This National Infrastructure Authority will be in charge of landmark works and will try to address the country’s sol 117 billion infrastructure deficit. This body will be a permanent body at the national level, which will work with the administration of the relevant ministries and with regional governments, mayors of the whole country, on the priority and landmark work that the country needs,” he commented.

Boss Cabinet of Ministers explained that through National Infrastructure Administrationthe work envisaged in the National Infrastructure Plan and related to early warning services, river flow and stream protection will be carried out, structures that, – the prime minister noted, – had to carry out ARCC six years of its existence.

“This will not be a new government or a new bureaucratic structure, but it will absorb the VGCC through absorption with significant and radical changes. I repeat, first of all, giving priority to those works that should have been completed earlier, ”he sentenced.