La Patria
Juan Carlos Layton
06 October 2026
The manager of Aerocafé's Autonomous Heritage Management Unit affirmed before the Assembly of Caldas that the project maintains its technical, legal and budgetary conditions, and highlighted advances in the availability of land for land disposal.
The manager of Aerocafé's Autonomous Heritage Management Unit [Patrimonio Automono Aerocafe (UGPAA)], Fernando Merchán Ramos, assured this Tuesday (October 6), in the Departmental Assembly, where he was invited to present a report, that the conditions to build the future airport are maintained and that there is no change or redesign that would lead to modifying the technical part. legal or budgetary or the studies or designs of the work.
Although the construction consortium Aerocafé Sk confirmed to LA PATRIA last week that the runway had to be lowered or leveled by about 15 meters to achieve the entire runway, according to the manager it is some misinformation without technical support.
Even so, he acknowledged that given the irregularity of the terrain, it does have to be lowered in some parts by 15 meters and up to 32 meters in another, but he assured that everything is contemplated within the studies...
