Rosario Airport Reopens After Major Renovation

Today Rosario connects to the world, Santa Fe takes off. Minister of Public Works, Lisandro Enrico, stated that “this is a high-performance engineering project. When there is no theft, the money is enough,” affirmed the governor. “This is the result of state public policies. It is not concessioned, it is a province that invests and dares to act in a difficult Argentina that leaves us alone and does not consider public works.” This is the second largest runway after Ezeiza, all in a period of 90 days. Finally, the manager of Islas Malvinas International Airport, Juan Pio Drovetta, stated that “today we are not only inaugurating a runway, we are celebrating a political decision, a way of managing and fulfilling.” Provincial Investment The national deputy and former vice-governor of Santa Fe, Gisela Scaglia, highlighted that “this airport is provincial and is called Islas Malvinas. In turn, the mayor of Funes, Roly Santacroce, valued that “when politics is good, roads are built and society begins to live much better. Today is an example of that.” Also participating in the event were the senator for the Rosario department, Ciro Seisas; the president of the Chamber of Deputies of Santa Fe, Clara García; the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Roberto Falistocco; the former governor Omar Perotti; the ministers of Economy, Pablo Olivares; and of Environment and Climate Change, Enrique Estevez; the secretary of Transport and Mobility, Mónica Alvarado, among other authorities. The completed works included the complete repaving of the 3,000-meter runway, the installation of a state-of-the-art LED lighting system, and the expansion of the flexible terminal, which adds more than 10,500 square meters, two jet bridges, escalators, and a renovated international sector. In turn, the Secretary of Government of the Municipality of Rosario, Sebastián Chale, thanked the provincial government and stated: “We deserved to recover peace and celebrate works like these.” That is why we have to enjoy it and live it, it opens up an immense opportunity to show what the Invincible Province of Santa Fe is, to show our products, to lower the logistics costs for companies. Many governors dreamed of this work: first, to recognize Miguel Lifschitz, who designed the project; also to Governor Omar Perotti, who strove to start this work. Today we can show Rosario, the Province, and Argentina that here there is public works without corruption, with efficiency, which shows that public works can also be completed on time and done as it should be. It is not only for people who want to travel, but it is an airport that opens the arms of Rosario and the entire region to the world and says that here there is a productive province that wants to collaborate for Argentina to do well too.” “This airport is the symbol that together we can move forward. Today we become the capital of the interior of the Argentine Republic,” concluded the governor. For his part, the Minister of Productive Development, Gustavo Puccini, highlighted that “today we are making history in the Province of Santa Fe. Governor Maximiliano Pullaro, this Saturday inaugurated the works carried out at the Islas Malvinas International Airport in Rosario, before about 25,000 people who came to celebrate the moment. Two national governments said no to this Airport. The Airport will be operational again from Monday, December 29. On this historic day, Pullaro stated: “We feel that we have the airport we deserve. From now on we are not going to envy any other airport. The widening of Jorge Newbery Avenue was also carried out. During the day, ticket raffles, air shows, and parachute demonstrations were held. This was the product of a political decision. The artistic proposal had as its protagonists the singer Sofía Gazzaniga and, in the closing, the band Vilma Palma e Vampiros, who performed before about 25,000 people. The intervention, faced entirely with provincial resources, demanded an investment of 150 million dollars. We made a runway in 90 days.