A huge outdoor escalator has been unveiled on Dec 27,2011 in one of the poorest districts of Colombia’s second largest city.
Until now residents of Medellin’s Comuna 13 district have had to climb hundreds of steps to get around the shantytown, which clings to the side of a steep hill. Journey times will be reduced from over half an hour to six minutes.
The escalator, 384 metres long, cost the equivalent of just over 5 million euros and is one of several infrastructure projects in the city
Until now residents of Medellin’s Comuna 13 district have had to climb hundreds of steps to get around the shantytown, which clings to the side of a steep hill. Journey times will be reduced from over half an hour to six minutes.
The escalator, 384 metres long, cost the equivalent of just over 5 million euros and is one of several infrastructure projects in the city
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