Housing minister inspects water projects in Peru, promises connections
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Mauricio Arnillas, Peru’s Minister of Housing, Construction and Sanitation, visited projects in Callao and Lima Norte to assess progress on water and sewage systems, improvements expected to help over 279,000 people.
Arnillas toured Ventanilla, Mi Perú, Santa Rosa, Ancón, and Puente Piedra, checking on the work and seeking solutions to speed up completion. He specifically inspected the Ventanilla 273 project, which will provide water and sewage service to 163,381 people in 157 urban areas after a 17-year wait.
The minister announced that connections to the new system would be free and funding secured through 2027. The project includes building reservoirs, tanks, wells, and over 150 kilometers of water pipes, currently 45.21% complete. Arnillas also visited the Jesús Nazareno. El Arenal neighborhood in Mi Perú to review a long-awaited project, stalled for 19 years, that will improve basic services for residents. He stated his ministry has already unblocked 39 of the 252 projects that were previously halted.
He met with community leaders in Santa Rosa and Ancón to discuss project progress and technical challenges. The projects in Santa Rosa and Ancón, Villas de Ancón, and Piedras Gordas will collectively benefit over 115,000 people with over 16,000 new connections and require investments totaling over 1,000 million soles.
