Spanish engineering company Ayesa announced that it will design a key section of Lima, Peru’s $3.4-billion Ring Road project led by a consortium of developers Sacyr, Acciona and Cintra, the toll road subsidiary of Ferrovial. 

Ayesa’s engineering design services on a nine-mile stretch of the road, one of three sections of the 22-mile project, will include three lanes in each direction, “two twin tunnels, multiple structures, retaining walls, trunk and side toll stations and lateral roads to ease local traffic flow,” said Mariluz Ramírez, Ayesa’s transport division director for Latin Americs, in a March press release. 

Over a 35-month time frame, Ayesa will also provide definitive design cost and feasibility studies, including its plans to meet regulatory, engineering and safety standards, according to the company.

Known as the Anillo Vial Periférico in Peru, the ring road will encircle and connect 11 districts across the Peruvian capital and the port city of Callao. The road project is being procured and co-financed through a public-private partnership model, with toll revenue funding operational, maintenance and initial capital expenditures.

“This is a very important project for the city, which will allow goods to be moved efficiently and people who live at the edges of the city to connect with the other districts,” said Peru Transportation Minister Raúl Pérez-Reyes during a congressional commission last year.

The route is expected to incorporate building information management, asset management and intelligent transport systems in its design to ensure efficient and safe infrastructure management, according to Ayesa.

Overall, the project is set to generate more than 70,000 jobs during construction, 5,000 directly, and impact 4.5 million people, according to the consortium.