Study of Ruta Nahuelbuta, a road connecting the regions of Bío Bío and Araucanía, in Chile.
Traffic and revenue study of the Nahuelbuta highway project, which aims at improving the connectivity between the City of Los Ángeles and Huequén.
The improvements include expanding to four lanes the 55 km of the Ruta 180 highway. In return, road users will have to pay toll. The project implies an investment of $US 272 Mn (according to source BNAmericas)
This project included:
- Specific fieldwork (origin-destination surveys and traffic counts)
- Socioeconomic analysis
- Historic traffic analysis
- Growth model development
- Toll tariff, and
- Toll location impact, among other tasks.