Investment over $14 Billion: First Stage of New Flood Control Works in Antofagasta - La Tercera

The Minister of Public Works, Jessica López, and the representative in Chile of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Georgiana Braga-Orillard, led the delivery of the first stage of alluvial control works in the Quebrada Bonilla. This is a key infrastructure in one of the 15 ravines of the city of Antofagasta that seeks to reduce the risk of alluvial events. “The climate crisis demands to act with urgency and vision for the future. I…

With an investment of more than 14 billion pesos, the Quebrada Bonilla becomes an emblematic work that will protect the population from alluvial events, such as the one that occurred in Antofagasta in 1991 and that left 91 dead and 70,000 people affected. The Minister of Public Works, Jessica López, along with the representative in Chile of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Georgiana Braga-Orillard, led the delivery of the first s…

On Wednesday, the first stage of alluvial control works was delivered in Quebrada Bonilla, a key infrastructure in one of the 15 ravines of the city of Antofagasta and which seeks to reduce the risk of alluvial events. These are works that are part of “AdaptaClima”, an initiative implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with resources from the CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, in partnership with th…

With an investment of more than 14 billion pesos, the Quebrada Bonilla becomes an emblematic work that will protect the population from alluvial events, such as the one that occurred in Antofagasta in 1991 and that left 91 dead and 70,000 people affected. Minister of Public Works, Jessica... The post They deliver alluvial control works in Antofagasta that will provide protection to more than 13,000 people appeared first on Thermometer News.