EDITORIAL SOUTH Journal, Friday, December 29, 2006.
of planning, production and export is made in the coming months will determine the quality of life of future generations in the southern macro-region.
Public Works Minister Eduardo Bitran, has presented as one of the pillars of his policy portfolio "program infrastructure for competitiveness", inviting all sectors of industry in the region to participate.
The basis of this policy are to relieve the country's productive territorial vocation, associated with its model of natural resource exports.
We propose to identify the infrastructure requirements of each sector in its current and future situation, determine the impact of infrastructure on production costs, distribution and access to markets and resources, and finally propose an investment program reduce costs, meet requirements and enhance the development of new economic activities.
The minister cited a recent World Bank study that calculated for Chile at 16% of total exports in logistics costs.
For Secretary of State, this represents an enormous amount of resources, if you decrease only in places, represent a leap in competitiveness.
The schedule set by Bitran indicates that in March 2007 will deepen the prospective analysis of territorial development and productive vocation cluster key macro-regions in 2020.
The idea is to stop looking at the Bio Bio Region in isolation and infrastructure pose challenges for the competitiveness of the southern macro-region, ranging from Maule to Los Lagos. This macro-
the forest cluster is essential, because large areas of pine and eucalyptus plantations that will be available for harvest in the coming years. This requires a road infrastructure to the ports that need improvement and consolidation. There is also the agriculture cluster, with ongoing projects such as the canal Laja-Diguillín and soon the Punilla reservoir.
In this framework, and major investments are under way on improvements to existing roads, such as concessions to give motorway standard, with dual carriageways, roads linking Concepcion Cabrero (Route 148) and also in the stretch Arauco Coronel-Tres Pinos (Route 160). The first still in feasibility stage and the second about to be awarded.
also considers the improvement of Chillán-Collipulli route (Route 5 south) of the northern access to Concepción, logistics Route 160 Col. San Vicente-Interportuaria (with Industrial Bridge), and Tres Pinos-Victoria route.
However, the challenge posed by Bitran the productive sector is more ambitious, requires employers to have the ability to project their current investments by the year 2020, for a time the country will achieve a level of development similar to countries First World.
is hoped that this discussion will know what the role of logistics platform project, located in the area of \u200b\u200bthe island and close to the airport Rocuant Carriel South, on land and a particular Asmar (Foresa).
striking that a flagship project for the administration of former Mayor Jaime Toha not even mentioned in these plans.
The country has the resources and energy to make this leap in competitiveness.
This is a subject of major importance: the planning is done in the coming months will determine the quality of life we \u200b\u200bhave the following generations.
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