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This morning, the President of the Lima 2019 Pan American and Parapan American Games Organizing Committee, Carlos Neuhaus, participated in the delivery of a stretch of the Costa Verde Expansion Project in San Miguel. At the ceremony organized by the Municipality of Lima, mayor Jorge Muñoz highlighted that the investment made by Lima 2019 will be a road infrastructure legacy that will benefit 129,000 people in Lima.
This two-kilometer stretch, located between Av. Escardó and Jirón Virú, will facilitate transportation from San Miguel to Chorrillos of all competing delegations. It will connect the existing roads in the beach circuit to be used by athletes, officials, and fans attending the venues.
“This road being delivered in San Miguel is part of the contingency plan to improve traffic flow in Lima during the Pan American Games. We expect around 70,000 tourists to come to Lima, and most of them will stay close to the competition venues, so this will make the transportation of delegations and spectators during the Games much faster,” Neuhaus said.
In turn, mayor Muñoz pointed out that this stretch connecting the districts of Miraflores, Barranco, Chorrillos, San Isidro, Magdalena del Mar and San Miguel will improve the traffic flow of vehicles traveling to the competition venues.
“We have been working jointly with the district and COPAL to show improvements to the city. We should keep in mind that this construction work started this year, and the field was delivered in January. So, we've delivered it within the estimated deadline for completion, and it will improve traffic flow of official vehicles and the general public for the Games,” Muñoz added.
ABOUT LIMA 2019
The Opening Ceremony of the Lima 2019 Pan American Games will be held at the National Stadium on July 26. This continental event will gather 6648 athletes from 41 countries and delegations from the Americas.
There will be 19 days of competitions and ceremonies, between July 24 and August 11. The competitions will take place in 14 districts of Lima and Callao at various venues like VIDENA, Villa María Sports Center, Callao Regional Village, Villa El Salvador Sports Center, Punta Rocas, among others.
The Pan American Games will feature 39 sports and 61 disciplines. A total of 22 disciplines are qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The top sports representatives will arrive in the Peruvian capital; some of them are world and Olympic champions.
The Parapan American Games will gather 1890 Para athletes from 33 countries, participating in 17 sports and 18 disciplines; 14 of them are qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Competitions will take place from August 23 to September 1, 2019.
Peru will have the largest delegation in its history at a Parapan American Games. There will be approximately 120 Para athletes, led by Dunia Felices (Para swimming), Pilar Jáuregui and Pedro Pablo de Vinatea (Para badminton), and Alejandra Callirgos (wheelchair basketball).
