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The first time there was talk of making a tunnel to cross the Andes of Quindío, as Humboldt and the wise Caldas called what we all know today as Cordillera Central, was in 1913.
At that time there was talk of a tunnel for the railway.
Today and after many coming and going, many governments that worked to make this work a reality, large cost overruns and multiple contracting errors, at least in the sense from Quindío to Tolima, the Tunnel of the Line will be a reality.
“The work remains in the second most complex geology in the world”, says Juan Esteban Gil, director of Invías.
A mega-project that will also bring relief to transporters that will save more than an hour on the hard road and reduce their operating costs.
The tunnel also means economic and tourist development for the coffee region, according to the Mayor of Calarcá, Luis Alberto Balsero, told Noticentro 1 CM &.
In the middle of the celebration, the entry into operation of the Tunnel de la Línea this Friday, put an end to the mythical dream of crowning the 22 kilometers of Alto de la Línea.
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This weekend the ascent from Calarcá to Cajamarca was literally invaded by thousands of cyclists who did not want to be left without having crowned one of the eight most important mountain passes in the country.
Feared by many and respected by all, the Alto de la Línea will remain in the memory of long-suffering legs that dared to challenge the Central Mountain Range.
While the cyclists say goodbye to the mythical high, users who want to travel in the direction Ibagué – Armenia: they must cross the existing road in two one-way lanes.
For now it is the first phase of this project.
The entire project, which has more than 60 works and initially cost 629 billion pesos, is expected to be completed by April.
Today for the cost overruns it will be worth 2.9 billion.
