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Guayaquil
The best road network of
the country
Guayaquil, a touristic city
Guayaquil, and its province of Guayas, has the
most modern roads in the country and mobilizes ap-
prox. 73% of the country’s external trade. Much of
the development is due to the concession to private
companies of the construction and maintenance of
the roads. Concegua and Conorte, that belong to
Hidalgo and Hidalgo construction company, are re-
sponsible for maintaining 584.5 miles of main roads
in Guayas.
Conorte has invested $ 262 million over the next two
decades. $ 138 million will be set aside for the op-
erations and maintenance of the roads. Concegua
has also invested $ 415 million, which added to the
amount of Conorte’s will reach $ 677 million total in-
vestment in roads in the province.
New investments are coming: work on the sec-
tions by Conorte are expanding to four lanes of the
road Durán-Jujan (USD 6.5 million), revenue sides
in Santa Lucia ($ 3.9 million), Palestina ($ 5.1 mil-
lion), Milagro ($ 8.8 million) entry and exit of Balzar
(USD 4.9 million), El Empalme ($ 2.7 million) and
the bridge over the River Milagro ($ 1.4 million). In
the case of the roads in charge of Concegua, it will
build the new bridge over the Verde River, for $ 1.2
million and three flights to 4 lanes on the road 26-km-
Naranjal Puerto Inca, at a cost of USD 12 million.
The Government is planning to build three super
high-speed roads, leaving from Guayaquil to Macha-
la, to Montecristi and to Santo Domingo.
DIGITAL CITY
Recently, Mayor Jaime Nebot has been working to
close the digital divide in Guayaquil. By develop-
ing technology in the city it will allow the citizens
of Guayaquil to have access to intelligent services.
Such development can improve the local economy.
The “Digital City Project” plans to give people more
access to the internet. The target is to give internet
to all the schools, high schools and universities. It is
also planned that this citizens’ digital information will
be available to hospitals like La Junta de Beneficien-
cia in case of emergency, the Corporación Municipal
Registro Civil, Metrovia, etc.
Guayaquil is privileged to be at sea level. The city
has mild tropical climate all year round. The city is
known for its relaxed atmosphera and is perfect for
sightseeing. It is an excellent shopping destination;
your luggage can return full of articles such as balsa
wood carvings, tagua (vegetable ivory), ceramics,
textiles and jewellery, as well as a variety of works
of art in paintings and pictures. In addition, you can
enjoy wonderful beaches nearby the city and swim-
ming pools during any month of the year.
Some people say it looks like Miami or they compare
with the Río de Janeiro of the Pacific Coast. Go to
Guayaquil and discover the similarities.
Financial district
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