Jhonny Balseca, district director of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) in Pastaza, presented the ministry’s 2025 accountability report on Apr. 27. The presentation covered key results in road infrastructure, transportation services, housing programs, and job creation for the province.
During the event’s opening remarks, Gladys Velasco, subsecretary for MIT Zone 3, said: “Pastaza represents a strategic territory for the country, where road infrastructure plays a key role in development, integration and local tourism. For this reason our work has focused on actions that contribute to the well-being of residents and sustainable development of the province.”
Balseca outlined that specific cooperation agreements were signed with Pastaza’s Provincial Autonomous Government to rebuild part of highway E30 near Mangayacu–La Habitagua in Mera canton. This project involved an investment of USD 20,458.85 and will directly benefit nearly 95 thousand people. Another agreement was reached to upgrade a pedestrian route known as Paso Lateral in Puyo parish.
Additional efforts included an agreement with Santa Clara’s municipal government to work on bridges along state road E45 at Santa Clara’s main town entrance. Routine maintenance was also carried out by nine microenterprises along state roads with an investment close to USD 279 thousand—creating direct employment for forty-five people.
Other interventions involved slope stabilization works on highway E30; paving; construction of ditches; removal of weeds and trees; all together amounting to about USD 250 thousand over more than one hundred thirty-eight kilometers of state roads across Pastaza.
In transportation services during this period MIT issued three hundred six vehicle registrations as well as certificates required for regular operations—raising approximately USD fifty-eight thousand.
On social programs Balseca reported that through Jóvenes en Acción one hundred three young people found jobs thanks to investments above USD one hundred twenty-three thousand while another program supported one hundred forty participants with nearly USD one hundred forty-five thousand invested.
For housing initiatives three beneficiaries received subsidies or incentives during the year while two new social interest housing projects and five public interest projects were registered under Tu Casa MITI-MITI program. The ministry also began qualifying land plots totaling over seven thousand square meters at Santa Clara for future social housing projects alongside legal support provided to eleven local organizations seeking legal status.
Balseca concluded by highlighting “the importance of making visible our work throughout the territory so we can meet provincial needs” and reaffirmed his commitment “to continue strengthening institutional management for citizens’ benefit.”
