Lima tenders 47 bus routes

Peruvian capital Lima's urban transport authority GTU has launched the tender for group one of its bus corridor project. Group one is split into 26 different packets and includes 47 routes and 2,664 buses in the southern and centre-south zones of Lima, according to tender documents. Each concession is for the operation and maintenance of the route for a period of ten years.
April 25, 2014 Read time: 1 min
Peruvian capital Lima's urban transport authority GTU has launched the tender for group one of its bus corridor project.

Group one is split into 26 different packets and includes 47 routes and 2,664 buses in the southern and centre-south zones of Lima, according to tender documents. Each concession is for the operation and maintenance of the route for a period of ten years.

The bus corridors are part of Lima's plan to upgrade its transportation system, making it more efficient and better integrating the city's various forms of mass transportation.

Interested firms have until June 11 to submit the first set of bid documents and GTU aims to award the tender by 11 August.

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