A key highway linking one of Argentina’s leading fresh fruit supply zones with a major cross-border route into Chile is reportedly to undergo a revamp in an effort to facilitate economic and commercial trade between the two South American countries, according to a local news source.
Route 65 between Concepción in the region Tucumán and the San Francisco International Pass (a highway crossing the Andes mountains between Argentina and Chile) will be surfaced with asphalt, thereby speeding up traffic to the Chilean Port of Caldera some 700km away.
The move forms part of Tucumán’s recent ascension to the so-called Atacalar macroregion (comprising several Argentinean provinces and the region of Atacama in Chile), which aims to consolidate the cross-border route as a corridor for services, commerce and tourism.
Tucumán is the largest economy in northern Argentina and also the biggest exporter, particularly for fresh fruit such as blueberries and citrus, which are shipped to a number of key markets across the globe.
