fractionated 19.10. Transportation continues to drift 
19.10.1. Highway materials deficient political activist Carlos Vera at its web channel www.youtube.com, "The Manabi I saw" of August 10, 2010, shares her experiences made her last visit to province, which happens to reveal the hopelessness that have in the region, construction and road maintenance. Vera stands
Some roads in "concrete" are poorly constructed, as is the case of roads Pimpiguasi - Junin and the Junin - Calceta, in particular. The novelty in this way in several sections that will "crack" and that to pretend, have been covered with tar, not to be seen.
regard, Vera said, being public, Xavier Cassals Minister, Minister of Transport and Public Works, in turn verified the deficiencies by the use of inadequate materials. Several kilometers
Equitesa (of resources) must rebuild the "hydraulic concrete" that were laying on the road Pimpiguasí-Junín and that "there was nothing but a mix that moved from his camp in dump trucks to place it in cloth, in a very anti-technical work that barely cracked immediately hatched, and all for not investing in transportation and construction much more technical. " This was decided by the Minister Xavier Casal, who said he would seek to do great things, as following "centimeter" to all who have major road works to construct and complete the well. But Casals was separated. Instead they appointed David Ortiz, who did not force the builder to comply with the reconstruction, but endorsed the implementation of tar in the cracks of the road.
Vera also referred to the desire hub of President Correa, who having been granted in the administration of the grant via Montecristi - Chain Provincial Council of Manabi (CPM), annulled. And contracting, as in the past, were re-power the Ministry of the area, with the news that is not concrete, but asphalt and only 2 inches.
Vera says that in terms of roads, in the province is a farce, a robbery.
19.9.2. After 5 years and not completed work 5 km highway between Portmore and Rocafuerte, major road work that more than four years (Diario Hoy, 12/Marzo/2009) is trying to build in Manabi is again paralyzed.
The work, funded Corpecuador and is built by the company Cociasa has always struggled to make progress, especially the section Mejia-Cruz Verde, about 5 kilometers, which is extended from two to four lanes.
general manager of the company Cociasa, Jorge Cevallos Cevallos, has been calling Genna Pilar Quiles, manager of Corpecuador in Portoviejo, informing him of the decision to suspend work for non-payment.
According to the builder owes Corpecuador four returns totaling USD 921,283. In addition, the builder calls remove a penalty suggested by the Inspection Department and also by the defaults, you extend the deadline for completion of work.
19.9.3. No education or build roads alarming delays
Manabi On tracks delays persist in the work contracted in the "Lightning Plan," according to the Comptroller found and the Ministry of Transportation and was published by The Universe (February 12, 2010 .)
The Universe review, with USD 605 million, Manabi is the province with the largest amount agreed between the road projects executed by the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP) in the country.
The resources are divided among 25 contracts to build, expand and rehabilitate 1,133 kilometers of roads. Five companies, partnerships and a military entity with 75% of total contracts: Verdú, Hidalgo & Hidalgo, Consorcio Vial Manabi Herd Crespo, Equitesa and the Army Corps of Engineers.
The lack of technical studies marks the delay of ten (10) of the works. This is reflected in the report MTOP to January this year, five (5) contracts are overdue, one (1) in the process of termination by mutual agreement, three (3) are in the process of signing contracts and an additional ( 1) has been authorized to extend its term. Of these, the four (4) were signed within the Lightning Plan.
These works received comments from the State Comptroller, who was paralyzed the rehabilitation of access by Vipa Manta. The owners of the surrounding land would not allow progress while they are being paid, for the time MTOP not expropriated. In addition, the pipeline and the water system cross the road, according to the Comptroller problem is due to the lack of studies.
The work was signed in November 2008 for $ 5.4 million and was completed in July, but the MTOP extended his term until February 2010.
in the rehabilitation of the Pacific route, section Santa Elena Bay Caráquez by Verdú, the Comptroller questioned the lack of studies to solve a slide and identified breaches of contract and safety standards by Verdú and absence MTOP control. The contract was signed in August 2008 for USD 67 million, the amount increased to $ 90.3 million with a new term that expires in September 2011.
In Pedernales, San Vicente, of USD 77 million, the audit firm MTOP and Consultancy and Technical Studies breached the contract for delay in submitting the returns.
In Portoviejo-San Plácido, Pichincha Portoviejo stretch-El Rodeo, the builder Mabersa missed the deadline and the regulators and supervisors, the contract for failure to timely apply for unilateral termination.
In Portoviejo-San Plácido, Pichincha, stretch the Rodeo-San Plácido, Pichincha, according to the Comptroller, despite the comments of the auditor, the contractor breached the contract Sertecing. MTOP recommended that states evaluate whether the unilateral termination, but according to records was approved MTOP extend the period February 2009 to March 2010.
19.9.4. Procurement opaque According to Minister of Transportation and Public Works, Jorge Marun (Diario Hoy, 25 February 2009) award, which was held within the vial emergency decreed by President Rafael Correa in 2007, was made by a location factor "location" predominantly.
Being an emergency had to act "quickly," the minister said. "When we negotiated the contracts are taken into account what equipment company was located near the future work to accelerate the work and begin intervention as soon as possible," said Maroun.
Additionally, each contract with an appraisal of the work assigned, detailed, item to item. "The hiring was done by accession, ie, the constructor should adhere to the conditions prescribed by the Ministry if they wanted to build the work," said the minister.
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