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Andean Group - January 2012 (ISSN 1741-4466)
COLOMBIA: Aló tramway, goodbye ALO?
The construction of Bogotá’s Avenida Longitudinal de Occidente (the longitudinal avenue of the west, ALO) has been on the drawing board since 1961. However, shortly after taking office on 1 January, Mayor Gustavo Petro announced he would be saying goodbye to the construction of the 12-carriage motorway and instead would use the land to build a tramway line. Petro’s former mayoral competitors quickly moved against the proposal and while President Juan Manuel Santos is entering the 17th month of his presidency with only one (highly weakened) party in opposition, the Polo Democrático Alternativo (PDA), Petro is entering the fourth week of his mandate with three political heavyweights formally against him – former mayor Enrique Peñalosa (1998-2001), former mayor Antanas Mockus (1995-1997 & 2001-2003) and Gina Parody.
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