Tamahú, Alta Verapaz has the first Warren bridge of five acquired in a state of Calamity
The first Warren bridge of five acquired by the Government of Guatemala during the state of Calamity due to the rainy season, it was inaugurated this Thursday, November 24 in Tamahú, Alta Verapaz.
The activity was headed by the President Alejandro Giammattei, who assured that the work will contribute to the passage of some 4,000 vehicles who travel that route.
“Throughout the construction of this road, this piece sank every so often and traffic had to stop because the road had to be raised. Today the bridge comes to save the current of water that passes underneath and that causes this sink,” the president explained.
Giammattei recognized the importance of the road because it is the exit to the sea from Alta Verapaz and down to Izabal.
Also that the structure is one of the five that were acquired for emergencies through the Ministry of Defense, for which he thanked the Army Corps of Engineers for the rapid construction.
#Live | President @DrGiammattei participates in the inauguration ceremony of the Warren-type bridge located at km. 192 in Tamahu, Alta Verapaz. https://t.co/qzGCff0zms
— Guatemalan Government (@GuatemalaGob) November 24, 2022
Warren Bridges in Huehuetenango
Giammattei announced that three other bridges are pending installation in Chiantla, Huehuetenango “where structures were destroyed by storms.”
“We have bridges destroyed throughout the country and they are being raised little by little,” the president acknowledged, adding that meeting the mayors’ request is his administration’s priority.
Background
The Ministry of Defense was contemplating the purchase of five bridges with “military characteristics”, but the rainy season expedited the acquisition, said Army spokesman Rubén Téllez.
At first, one of them offered to install it in Villa Nueva, due to the sinking of June 13 at kilometer 15, route to the Pacific, jurisdiction of Villa Nueva and where weeks later, on that same route, two women lost their lives when fall into one of two holes that were formed by the collapse of the drain.
Finally, the solution that the authorities gave to that emergency made the use of the military-type bridge unnecessary.
Each of the bridges has a cost of Q27 million 850 thousandbeing the total expense of the purchase that was made in the country of Q139 million 250 thousand.
The Army received the first structure on July 17, 2022 and the second one a month later, on August 17. Two other bridges were delivered in September and the last one in October.
Double lane bridges have a bearing capacity of up to 56 tons of weight.
