en.Wedoany.com Reported - Uruguay's Minister of Transport and Public Works, Lucía Etcheverry, stated at the "Uruguay-EU Forum" that the country is committed to developing multimodal transport and is leveraging technology to drive the digital transformation of procedures, aiming to optimize investment assessments for road, railway, and airport infrastructure. The forum, which focused on the commercial and strategic opportunities emerging after the entry into force of the agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, was held in Montevideo and attended by Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi, government officials, ambassadors from multiple countries, entrepreneurs, and international experts.

Etcheverry participated in a panel discussion on "Public Works Projects in Infrastructure and Logistics," exploring public-private partnership models and the added value brought by European investment in these areas. She noted that Uruguay's road network is robust and considered one of the best in Latin America. She emphasized that her ministry is focusing on introducing technology to digitize, automate, and simplify procedures and regulations, aiming to reduce timeframes and improve the assessment of investment value, with the goal of creating new development opportunities for road infrastructure, railways, and airport transport.

The forum also facilitated exchanges on public-private partnership models and opportunities to promote new initiatives in the transport and logistics sectors. In this context, Etcheverry highlighted regional complementarity, mentioning Uruguay's accession to the Consenso de Brasilia, a mechanism that helps coordinate infrastructure investments across Latin America. She reported that Uruguay is advancing a comprehensive railway master plan, which includes two key projects for this year and next: building a railway bridge north of the Río Negro and reconstructing the railway line to Río Branco. The first project will enhance cargo transport capacity with Brazil and promote development in the northern provinces, while the second will strengthen bilateral logistics connections by constructing a new bridge over the Yaguarón River, facilitating trade in grains and other products. The minister emphasized that Brazil will be responsible for building the bridge over the Yaguarón River, while Uruguay will handle the road construction connecting these two infrastructure projects. These initiatives represent efforts to strengthen physical and commercial integration between Mercosur and EU countries.

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