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Neuquén municipal infrastructure and housing development
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The municipality of Neuquén is implementing various urban infrastructure projects to improve connectivity and essential services. Initial efforts focused on the upgrade of Mandalari street, a historic thoroughfare. This project involves transforming a dirt road into a two-lane avenue equipped with sidewalks, bike lanes, lighting, and drainage. While construction faced a temporary suspension due to an injunction, provincial courts recently rejected the measure, allowing works to resume. The ruling mandates that the municipality, via the Undersecretariat of Environment and Citizen Protection, maintain rigorous monitoring of the Environmental Management Plan to mitigate negative impacts. Francisco Baggio, the Undersecretary, stated the municipality is prepared to restart tasks as soon as possible, noting the decision validates adherence to technical standards. The court also ordered that technical progress thoroughfare, and environmental preservation efforts be periodically reported to the public to ensure transparency. Subsequent developments under the ‘Plan Orgullo Neuquino’ include the inauguration of a new asphalt plant to increase production capacity. The city has also begun the complete repaving of Alderete Street, a 15-block project targeting older thoroughfares to prevent structural damage. This work is part of a broader municipal plan to recover approximately 500 blocks of streets per year, prioritizing roads that are 20 to 25 years old to prevent potholes and structural deterioration. Street. Mayor Mariano Gaido has also provided updates on several high-priority projects: overseen projects such as the Hiroki pedestrian bridge, which has been awarded to a contractor to connect to the Isla de las Aves, a Aves cable car system with construction scheduled to begin next February, car, and the Neuquén Arena. The bidding process for Expanding its urban development scope, the Neuquén Arena, located city and provincial government have launched a project to create 1,700 housing solutions on a site previously used as an open-air landfill near the North Highway Highway. According to Marcos Zapata, president of the Municipal Institute of Urbanism and Route 67, Habitat (IMUH), this initiative includes 1,100 serviced lots and 600 collective housing units. The first stage of 570 lots is scheduled for November. Other developments include a new municipal kart track currently undergoing street opening and block consolidation, with essential services like water, gas, and electricity expected to be completed by March 2027. Additionally, the expansion municipality has launched a large-scale infrastructure plan to pave 1,000 streets, primarily targeting the city’s western zone. Secretary of coastal walkways, which recently added 3.5 kilometers Infrastructure Alejandro Nicola stated the project focuses on arterial roads to improve connectivity and access for emergency services. Chief of riverfront access. Staff Juan Luis Ousset noted that provincial resources, including revenues from the Vaca Muerta oil formation, are being utilized to manage a population growth rate that is four times higher than the national average. Public works execution in the province reportedly increased by 28% in real terms by July compared to the previous year.
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- 2026-09-29 11:24 UTC Neuquén municipal infrastructure and housing development
- 2026-09-12 01:31 UTC Neuquén municipal infrastructure and housing development
- 2026-09-09 21:28 UTC Neuquén municipal infrastructure development
- 2026-09-09 17:45 UTC Neuquén municipal infrastructure development
- 2026-08-28 20:42 UTC Neuquén municipal infrastructure development
- 2026-08-22 15:57 UTC Neuquén municipal infrastructure development
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