Overview
- Rutas de Lima announced it will cease operating the Panamericana Sur concession at 11:59 p.m. on December 3, citing an inability to continue under current conditions.
- The company warned it will close the Benavides Tunnel if the Municipality of Lima does not formally receive the concession’s Control Center, saying the step is necessary to protect users.
- Rutas de Lima says recent technical meetings produced no concrete coordination for a handover and that the municipality has not responded to its formal convocations.
- The concessionaire maintains the decision does not constitute abandoning the concession, blames actions by state entities for depriving it of revenue, and reserves its legal rights.
- Mayor Renzo Reggiardo says the municipality is ready to assume services, has notified alleged contract noncompliance, initiated a dissolution and liquidation process with a 60‑day period, and filed a criminal complaint against the company.