Peru’s highways and secondary roads would need $31.8bn to properly connect the country and, once completed, would reduce transaction costs and boost activity across the region. Current Road Map The ...

It is part of a wider initiative to improve transportation infrastructure across Peru’s rural highland areas. The road will consist of two 11-ft-wide asphalt-paved lanes with shoulders and drainage.

The residents of the districts of Fitzcarrald and Manu, in the Madre de Dios region of southeastern Peru, want a road. But they also recognize there are threats: the arrival of strangers in search ...