PROINVERSIÓN: MORE THAN S/ 620 MILLION WILL BE AWARDED IN 2023 IN WORKS FOR TAXES
Lima, March 1, 2023.- The Private Investment Promotion Agency (PROINVERSIÓN) projects that, in 2023, public entities will award at least 19 projects through the Works for Taxes modality, for more than S/ 620 million.
The main projects include the improvement and expansion of the drinking water and sewerage systems of Pucusana (S/ 276 million), the High-Performance School (COAR) of Chalhuanca, Apurimac (S/ 77 million) and the COAR of Cajamarca (S/ 79 million).
Likewise, the initiatives for the Improvement and Expansion of Services of the Regional Hospital of Huaraz (Víctor Ramos Guardia) for S/ 334 million and the Santa Rosa Bridge project (accesses and overpasses to the new terminal of the Jorge Chávez International Airport) for S/ 475 million that the entity has been promoting in line with the announcement of the Ministry of Transport and Communications to execute through Works for Taxes could also be added.
"We estimate that 2023 could be the best year of the last five years, because we have projects of great economic and social impact for the population promoted through Works for Taxes," said the director of the Decentralized Investments Division of PROINVERSIÓN, Denisse Miralles. Referring to the main projects that will contribute to closing the gaps in sectors such as education, health, water and sanitation.
Currently, public entities (ministries, regional governments, local governments and public universities) have a total of S/ 16,237 million to execute projects through Works for Taxes.
PROINVERSIÓN has been developing an intense training activity for the new authorities of regional and local governments. "We consider that 2023 is the best year for regional and local governments to identify, prioritize, award and execute projects through this modality, because it is the first year of a four (4) year management, which allows them to have the confidence and interest of private companies", highlighted the director of PROINVERSIÓN's Decentralized Investments Division.
She also added that the changes incorporated in the Law of Works for Taxes in 2022 will allow the execution of specific investments for optimization, rehabilitation, expansion and replacement, boosting, on the one hand, the execution of a greater number of projects and, on the other hand, the incorporation of new companies in the financing of this type of proposals.
Source: Press Release - PROINVERSIÓN