President Juan Manuel Santos announced that Consorcio Nacional Yatí had scored the most points in the evaluation of the 10 bids for the contract. Its price was US$75.5 million. Nacional Yatí is made up of Colombian companies Mincivil, HB Estructuras Metálicas, Latinco and Concrearmado.

Two major bridges will be built as part of the Yatí-Bodega scheme: the 1km Puente de Santa Lucía and the 2.3km Puente Roncador. The contract also covers about 8km of road works.

The 40-month project starts with four months of preparatory work including finalising the permissions needed for construction.