As part of the lines of action carried out by the provincial company in the towns of Santa Cruz, at this time its personnel are stationed at the entrance to the Tourist Village to extend the gas network to feed the facilities. from the Center of National Universities of El Calafate (CUNEC).
In this regard, Cesar Aguilar of the Gas Network Extension Management, explained that the network extension work is being carried out with the collaboration of Public Services Society of the State. “The work itself is on the avenue crossing to feed the University Center. Public Services, does it through a tunnel boring machine and when we finish making the crossing with a diameter of 180 mm, which will be tomorrow, everything that is the distribution network can continue to be reinforced,” he explained.
Regarding what this extension implies and means, Aguilar indicated that this work that is currently being carried out “was at the request of the Universities and to carry it out an agreement was signed with Distrigas.”
The estimated time to complete the work is one to two weeks.
“The weather now entering winter complicates the work itself a little more since if the temperature drops too much the fusions cannot be done, so we are waiting for the weather conditions,” he remarked.
Source: LU 85 Channel 9/ Ministry of Public Communication and Media
