CONSTRUCTION OF FOOTBRIDGES IN COMMUNITIES

Number of beneficiaries

128 families

Investment

113.615,34

Project execution period

Completed in December 2008

PROJECT LOCATION

Fuerabamba community, Challhuahuacho district; Huancuire and Pamputa, Coyllurqui; and Choquecca-Antio, Tambobamba district, Cotabambas province.

OBJECTIVE

Improve existing road network in towns and communities, contributing to their development.

DESCRIPTION

We realised it was difficult for communities to access other towns due to water courses. Provisional bridges, built by residents in an artisanal manner, were in poor conditions. This posed a permanent hazard and caused accidents, especially affecting children and the elderly. Las Bambas decided to finance construction of footbridges with concrete buttress and wooden superstructure to improve pedestrians’ safety, access and transport of products and goods in a safe manner.