Paraguay
Candidates for Asunción mayor focus on drainage, oversight and greater pothole repair capacity
Days before the municipal elections, candidates for the city’s top office laid out their proposals to address the deterioration of streets. The initiatives include new asphalt plants, citizen monitoring and stormwater drainage works.
Ahead of the October 4 elections, several candidates for mayor of Asunción placed the poor condition of the streets among their main priorities and presented proposals centered on pothole repair, paving, drainage and quality control, according to a review by Última Hora.
Soledad Núñez, of the Alianza Unidos por Asunción, said infrastructure will be one of the pillars of her first 100 days in office. According to Última Hora, she said she will present a roadmap for the city, with priority on the busiest avenues and streets, permanent crews and oversight to ensure quality work. She also linked the pothole problem to the need to complete unfinished drainage works.
Camilo Pérez, the Partido Colorado candidate, proposed buying two new municipal asphalt plants with the aim of tripling current pothole repair and intervention capacity. According to Última Hora, he also seeks to add real-time monitoring so residents can report potholes and road incidents from their phones, and to complete or reinforce stormwater drainage in areas affected by flash floods. His proposal also includes alternating asphalt and concrete paving in critical areas.
Rodrigo Franco, of the Partido Demócrata Cristiano, said the problem must be addressed with a comprehensive strategy. Última Hora reported that he said 85% of Asunción’s streets have reached the end of their useful life and that 70% of the territory lacks stormwater drainage. He also criticized emergency pothole repairs, which he considered insufficient and costly given the structural condition of the road network.
Arlene Aquino, of the Partido Patria Soñada, said temporary fixes must come to an end. According to Última Hora, she proposed carrying out a technical, georeferenced diagnosis of the streets, prioritizing the most deteriorated and the most dangerous ones, and said that this information could be tracked by citizens from their phones.
Beyond their differences, the proposals converge on one point: the candidates link the durability of repairs to improvements in drainage, technical planning and oversight of the work.
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