Overview
- The Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima opened both directions of the 1.4 km Las Torres bypass with three lanes per side, allowing heavy trucks, public buses and private cars to pass without traffic lights.
- City estimates say the corridor could cut the Lima–Chosica trip from about two and a half hours to roughly 45 minutes under favorable conditions.
- Authorities cite direct benefits for more than one million residents in districts such as Lurigancho-Chosica, Chaclacayo, Huachipa, Carapongo, Cajamarquilla, Santa Clara, Huaycán and Ñaña, while some reports put the figure near two million.
- The opening sits within a package that includes a completed 3 km widening of Ramiro Prialé for a continuous two-lane-per-direction route and the 94 m Puente Morón now about 93.5% complete with two vehicle lanes and a pedestrian walkway.
- Preventive river works continue with enrocado, cleaning and descolmatación on the Rímac over 4 km in Lurigancho-Chosica and roughly 15 km of interventions across the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín since October.