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Jujuy National Route 34 construction resumption

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2026-08-26 21:26 UTC → 2026-08-28 04:29 UTC · added removed

Construction on National Route 34 in Jujuy, Argentina, has been halted due to a significant debt owed by the National Road Administration (Vialidad Nacional) to the contractor Chediack. The unpaid Unpaid work certificates were certificates, estimated to be between 19,000 and 23,000 million pesos, leading led to the dismissal of approximately 180 workers. Following a 20-day unpaid suspension, the construction union, UOCRA, declared workers and a state of alert and declared by the construction union, UOCRA. The union conducted assemblies and partial road blockades on National Routes 1 and 34. While 34 to protest the stoppage of the project, which is more than 50% complete. Following negotiations by the provincial government negotiated in Buenos Aires for budget allocations, the project—which spans the section between El Cuarteadero and San Pedro de Jujuy—remained paralyzed. Work the release of federal funds, work is now scheduled to resume gradually on September 1 following two payments from the national government. 1. Infrastructure Minister Carlos Stanic confirmed that the contractor has begun preliminary site preparation. Although the reactivation follows negotiations by Governor Carlos Sadir, However, a debt of approximately 7,000 million pesos remains owed outstanding. In a broader shift in national infrastructure management, the Ministry of Economy is advancing plans to transfer the contractor. Additionally, operation and maintenance of strategic corridors to private firms. This includes the national government has awarded a 20-year concession for of the Central-North section of Route 34, covering over 500 kilometers between Santa Fe and Santiago del Estero, 34 to José Cartellone Construcciones Civiles S.A. S.A., which is expected to introduce new toll stations in the Castellanos department by 2027.

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  1. 2026-08-28 04:29 UTC Jujuy National Route 34 construction resumption
  2. 2026-08-26 21:26 UTC Jujuy National Route 34 construction resumption
  3. 2026-08-19 12:33 UTC Jujuy National Route 34 construction halt

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