Bogota Mayor Galan Urges Chinese-Led Consortium to Add Station Workers as Metro Line 1 Auditors Flag Delays

Bogota mayor Carlos Fernando Galan has pressed the Chinese-led consortium delivering the Colombian capital's first metro line to deploy additional workers at its stations, following a warning from the country's top auditor that slippage across several sections of the project could postpone its opening beyond March 2028. Colombia's comptroller determined that road works on the US$5.75 billion line lag 52 per cent behind schedule. Trial runs on the line are slated for September 2027. In an interview published Monday by the local news magazine Semana, Galan described the current phase as decisive, saying the project has entered its final stretch and that Metro Linea 1 must accelerate and place more staff in the stations. The mayor's intervention comes as auditors flag delays in multiple parts of the works, putting the March 2028 opening date at risk. The US$5.75 billion line is Bogota's first metro and is being built by a consortium led by Chinese companies.