Overview

• Urubamba’s mayor Ronald Vera presented a contingency plan asserting the municipality is ready to run the Hiram Bingham route and called for authorities to allow the new operation.
• The Contraloría reported deficiencies in the municipal plan, citing unclear ticketing, tariff and cash-handling procedures, and noted Consettur buses operated on September 11 without formal authorization.
• La República reported the public tender is being relaunched without a disclosed timetable, the municipality will administer the road in the interim, and buses have been leased from San Antonio de Torontoy while key Sernanp and environmental documents are still pending.
• Tourists in Machupicchu Pueblo said in-person entry tickets were sold out for Friday, heightening uncertainty as the truce’s expiration could bring back protests.
• The local Comité de Lucha asked PeruRail and Inca Rail to resume service and to plan a progressive transfer of buses, and residents protested outside the Urubamba municipal offices during the announcement.