Lima, Peru | Saturday 07 November 2009 10:07 | | |

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Peru's Córpac (Corporation of Airports Civil Aviation) reported that the rehabilitation project in the airport FAP Alfredo Mendivil (in the region of Ayacucho ) have been taking place for a few months at present.
According to an article printed today in El Comercio, Lima will face huge traffic jams and public transportation issues in 2010, since authorities have decided to get the project ready in only 16 months, which means they will be carried out simultaneously in seven avenues.
Mototaxis, which actually are three-wheeled motorcycles with a light tent as a ceiling, are very commonly used vehicles in Peru, even for public transportation for short distances.
In a meeting at Government's Palace with President Alan Garcia, Cajamarca's Regional President, Jesús Coronel Salirrosas, got financing for maintenance of some important regional highways.
Peru's Transports and Communications Minister, Enrique Cornejo, said that investors from China, Brazil and Spain are interested in becoming in charge of the impending works for the completion of Lima's electric train.
About 77,000 cars have been adapted to run on Vehicular Natural Gas (GNV in Spanish) in Peru, and it is expected that this figure will rise up to 85,000 by the end of this year, said Jorge Juárez, President of the Peruvian Chamber of Vehicular Natural Gas.
In the jungle within the district of Puno, eight school children were killed, and another 40 people were injured when an omnibus fell into an abyss 150 meters deep. According to Peru21, the vehicle belonged to the company Perlas del Sur, and was rented for a school field trip.
The Municipality of Miraflores, due to a educational campaign about safety in the streets, has reduced the number of transit accidents, according to El Comercio.
The Executive and the Regional Governments of Lambayeque, Piura and Cajamarca, and the mining companies currently executing projects in said regions, signed an agreement today, committing to work on the construction of the North Andean Railway, considered to be essential for the development of the country.
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.
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