CARBON PORTFOLIO - PERU 2010

Energy, Industry and Others

BRT Arequipa: Integral and Sustainable Improvement of public transport services in the T5
city of Arequipa
Description: It consists of an integrated system of mass transportation, which offers an efficient public transport, safe and healthy. It operates
through segregated corridors stem for buses rapid transit (BRT) on schedule and exact times. The system has two main routes, 43 feeder and 35
structural.
Current Status: Projects Benefits:
Earliest project start date: 2009. Number of direct and indirect jobs generated: The project will create
Operation start date: 2011. new job opportunities during the construction phase and also during
Project lifetime: 20 years. the operational phase, creating new and better jobs than those offered
Current Status: The project has the Profile and prefeasibility study by the current system.
approved. Feasibility study is under evaluation. Sustainable development contribution:
The level of pollution to local and global level will be reduced due to
Estimated Annual Emission Reductions (tCO2/year): the use of better technology and greater capacity of the new buses.
An average of 69,040.62 tCO2-equivalent per year. The withdrawal of old buses is also a factor contributing to lower emis-
sions of pollutants such as NOx, CO, SO2 and greenhouse gases in ge-
Project Participant and Financing neral. Improvements in quality of life due to lower travel time, reduced
Total project cost: US$ 170,000,000 congestion, reduced respiratory disease, reducing noise pollution and
a reduction of average levels and accidents.
Sources of finance to be sought or already identified: CER´s negotiation: Open.
Equity: 20 %
Debt: 80 % Contact Information:
Name: Walter Aguirre Abuhadba
Company: Municipality of Arequipa
Title: Urban Transport Manager
Phone: (51-54) 219020
E-mail: waguirre@muniarequipa.gob.pe

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