The construction of the new Metrocable line in Medellín was awarded to the temporary union UT Metrocable Line P, formed by Poma Colombia, the company responsible for designing and executing this project in the northwestern area of Medellín. The execution period will be 18 months.
The mayor of Medellín, Federico Gutiérrez, announced the Municipality will invest $ 258,000 million in this major infrastructure project.
In 2004, ACI Medellín supported POMA in their decision to settle in the city. This will be the sixth Metrocable they build in the city due to their vast experience in the construction of cable transport systems for people and materials.
Benefits of Picacho’s Metrocable
Picacho’s Metrocable or Line P will benefit the people of the neighborhoods Castilla and Doce de Octubre, located in the northwestern area of Medellín.
The system will be 2,800 meters long and will have four stations. It will start in Acevedo station, which will be expanded to become a multimodal station; the second station will be built in the facilities of SENA Pedregal; the third station will be built next to the Gabriel García Márquez library, in the Doce de Octubre and the last one will be next to the peripheral Immediate Reaction Police Station (CAI) located in the neighborhood El Progreso N ° 2.
The Metrocable will represent savings of time and money for users, and the possibility of enjoying the 30,000 meters of public space around the stations.
In this way, Medellín’s mobility system gets improved, providing quality of life to its inhabitants, which is one of the reasons why the city is referred as one of the most innovative in the world.
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