Communications and transit > Enquiry on national public works

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Dollars
Llolleo to the south i > 640,000
Cartagena Station-Playa Chica 260,000
Concepcion-Bulnes 14 > 700 >000
Valdivia-La Union 7,000,000
La Union-Lago Ranco 1 > 060,000
Lanco-Panguipulli 2,000,000
Osorno-San Juan de la Costa 1 > 290,000
Ovalle to the Interior (Variante Recoleta) 160,000
Osorno-Termas de Puyehue 896,483
Longavi-Miraflores 320,946
During the present year (1934), there are 13 bridges under construction, at a cost
of 6,073,857 dollars.
(c) Works the Execution of which is in Contemplation or Schemes for which are in Preparation.
As regards both roads and bridges, the execution of proposed works now depends
on the annual revenue obtained under the Road Law, which varies between 30 and
40 million dollars, and on appropriation in an extraordinary budget amounting to
approximately 10 million dollars.
II. Principal Administrative Methods followed for the Execution of the Works.
The construction of roads and bridges is carried out by public tender and inclusive
During the last two years, the system of employing labour by the day has occasionally
been adopted with a view to combating unemployment. This system has usually been
employed for road repairs. . ^ 1 i- ttt 1
The Roads Department, which is under the General Directorate of Public Works,
attached to the Ministry of National Economy, is responsible for all work on roads and
bridges.
III. Principal Methods employed for financing this Work.
The work on roads and bridges is financed by the annual revenue obtained under the
Road Law (Law No. 4851). 1 1 + 4-i^
From 1929 to 1931, however, recourse was had to foreign loans to supplement tne
funds obtained under this law, with a view to the application of an extraordinary scheme
of public works. At the present time, the Roads Department’s funds consist of the
revenue obtained under Law 4851, which, as already stated, varies between 30 and 40 mi -
lion pesos a year, and the appropriation in the extraordinary budget referred to m No. 1 (c).
IV Approximate Estimate of the Allocation of Expenditure on the Works referred to in
7, as between Materials and Equipment provided by National or Foreign Industries,
Labour and the Expenditure incurred in Application of the Social Laws.
From 1929 to 1933 inclusive, the following sums were expended on bridges :
Dollars
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
9,070,532
8,392,284
6,354>552
2,773»839
1,472,048
Total... 28,063,255