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The Supervisory Agency for Investment in Public Use Transport Infrastructure (Ositrán) reported that it has intensified supervision efforts on the country's concessioned transport infrastructures in anticipation of the possible development of the El Niño Phenomenon (2026-2027). The information was presented by the regulator's president, Verónica Zambrano, during her participation in the Economy, Environment, and Consumer Defense Commission of the Senate of the Congress of the Republic.
During the presentation, Zambrano noted that since the beginning of 2026, she has been alerting concessionaire companies to take the necessary precautions and strengthen their response capacity in the face of eventual emergencies that could affect highways, airports, ports, and railways under supervision.
She specified that Ositrán's role is not to replace infrastructure operators, but to verify compliance with the obligations established in concession contracts, before, during, and after an extreme climatic event. She also recalled that concessionaires must maintain service levels throughout the year and, in the case of highways, guarantee the passability of roads even in emergency situations.
As part of preventive actions, the Regulator is verifying, through its on-site supervisors, the condition of drains, culverts, bridges, slopes, river defenses, and other critical points of the infrastructure, in addition to verifying the availability of equipment, personnel, contingency plans, and communication systems for emergency response.
The supervision strategy also includes permanent monitoring during the occurrence of the phenomenon to identify impacts on infrastructures and verify compliance with contractual obligations and the continuity of services. Subsequently, Ositrán will evaluate the restoration of affected infrastructure, the execution of corrective measures, and, if applicable, the determination of responsibilities for contractual breaches.
The period of greatest vigilance will be concentrated between November 2026 and March 2027, a stage considered critical due to the possibility of intense rainfall associated with the FEN.
During her presentation, the head of Ositrán was questioned by senators about the status of bridges on concessioned roads, the Unified Airport Use Fee (TUUA) for transfers, the progress of Line 2 of the Lima Metro, and the agency's competencies in the Port of Chancay.
In this regard, she warned about the situation of 99 bridges located on concessioned roads that require attention, of which 88 still have no recorded interventions. She explained that, in several cases, contracts only oblige concessionaires to carry out maintenance work, while major interventions correspond to the State, which is why she urged strengthening preventive actions against the risks presented by these structures.
Regarding the transfer TUUA of the Jorge Chávez International Airport (AIJC), she explained that its application was already foreseen in Addendum 6 signed between the Peruvian State and the concessionaire. She indicated that the main observations from users are linked to the collection mechanism, because this fee was not incorporated into the air ticket, as occurs with other airport taxes.
Likewise, she reiterated that Ositrán maintains supervision work at the Port of Chancay on matters related to user attention, complaint management, and compliance with the principle of non-discrimination. She specified that the controversy over the agency's supervisory competencies in said infrastructure is pending resolution by the Constitutional Court.
Regarding Line 2 of the Lima and Callao Metro, Zambrano expressed concern about the accumulated delays and noted that the lack of a current schedule, after problems with land release and the pandemic, makes it difficult to project a certain date for the completion of the work.
Finally, regarding the complaint filed by a passenger at AIJC, she reported that the entity has already contacted the user and is verifying whether the attention and complaint protocol was correctly followed. She added that the passenger will formalize the complaint upon her return to the country and that, as it is an ongoing investigation, the case will remain confidential until it is determined whether there was any infraction.
