Operating tender for Bogotá cable car system halted
Transmilenio, the public transport operator in Colombian capital Bogotá, has temporally suspended a tender to hire an operator for the city's new cable car system (dubbed Transmicable) after a law firm requested the recusal of several officials involved in the process.
The tender for the operating contract was launched on March 6, with an estimated price tag of 91.5bn pesos (US$33mn) and entailed an operating period of 66 months, according to documents from public procurement site Secop.
However, corruption-focused legal firm Mayorga y Rueda requested the recusal of various Transmilenio officials from the process for allegedly having conflicts of interest, including CEO María Araujo.
In a press release, Transmilenio stated that the suspension of the process will not affect the ongoing construction of the system, which is has now progressed 91.3%, according to the Bogotá city government. Even with the suspension of the tender, the authorities expect the operating contract to be awarded by May.
Meanwhile, the trial period for the system was officially started with the operation of 120 cabins across the entire length of the 3.35km cable car line, the city administration said in a separate press release.
While works are expected to be completed by August, urban development institute IDU seeks to complete 400 hours of trials before the start of operations, which would be by the end of the year. Test runs with passengers are expected to begin in two to three weeks.
Involving an investment of 216bn pesos, the project entails two 3.35km lines connecting the Ciudad Bolívar and San Cristobal sectors of the capital, including four stations. Once completed, the system is expected to move 3,500 passengers per hour, benefiting 700,000 residents of southern Bogotá.
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