The Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) has launched a public tender for the construction of the long-awaited overpass for Madame Lynch Avenue. This will facilitate access from the suburbs of Luque to the main city of Asunción, thus allowing the free flow of traffic of more than 20,000 vehicles per day. The MOPC estimates that more than 7,000 cars will enter Asunción through this new access, while at the same time another 14,000 will be able to cross over underneath.

This infrastructure project comprises the construction of 3 main axes. These are an overpass that allows access from Av. Aviadores del Chaco to the Silvio Petirossi Highway, an underpass that connects the two ends of Av. Madame Lynch and a traffic circle that allows possible changes of directions.

Completion of this construction project is estimated within 12 months of the start of construction.

Some of the requirements to participate in this bid are to have generated during the last 5 best years of the last 10 years, an average annual turnover of USD 60,000,000; in addition to having participated in at least 5 road construction projects in the last 10 years. Of these 5 road construction projects, at least one must be the construction of an overpass and one an underpass.

The Bidding Terms and Conditions have been issued and the process is currently in the clarification stage. The MOPC will receive requests for clarifications until June 15, 2015 and final bids are due on June 22, 2015.