The head of Trenes Argentinos Infraestructura, Guillermo Fiad, said that the plan will contribute to competitiveness by improving the costs of the production chain.
The head of Argentine Trains Infrastructure, Guillermo Fiad, He stated on Tuesday (22.08.2017) that The plan to reactivate Belgrano Cargas will contribute to competitiveness by improving the costs of the production chain and stressed that the initiative is a "multiplier" of economic activity.
"The project is a multiplier of activity due to all the growth it produces during its construction and contributes to the competitiveness of the economy, since it allows reducing costs throughout the production chain," said the head of Trenes Argentinos Infraestructura, Guillermo Fiad, in charge of the administration of the railway infrastructure, who estimated that the The work will be completed by 2019.
He said that "there are some 19.000 kilometers of tracks that are very deteriorated and must be renovated to have a cargo system that works and transports a higher percentage of the total cargo than the current one (around 5 percent); we must aim to reach 10 percent or more in the next few years."
"The average speed of the system is just 10 kilometers per hour and we are going to change it by improving the infrastructure, rolling stock and management; for the medium and long term, we are already building 1.600 kilometers of Belgrano Cargas renovation," he added.
Source: Telam
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