Phased plan with investment amounts

USD 47 billion distributed across four cumulative phases, with growing private-sector leverage.

1
Phase I — Foundation

2026–2030 · USD 1.8 B · 70 % public / 30 % private

Equip the CDAC and the territory with the institutional, legal, technical and enabling-infrastructure instruments so that subsequent phases find "fertile ground" and minimize the non-technical risks (titling, conflict, governance) that have caused earlier plans to fail.
- Multipurpose digital land registry: 100 % coverage of the 4 core departments (USD 180 M)
- CDAC headquarters in Puerto Gaitán: 8,000 m² building, labs, classrooms, student residences (USD 45 M)
- Roads: first 200 km of the Altillanura Transversal — Puerto Gaitán – Puente Arimena – El Viento – Juriepe – Puerto Carreño (USD 420 M)
- Meta Waterway preliminary phase: PPP structuring, critical-point dredging, Cabuyaro and Puerto Gaitán docks (USD 85 M)
- Energy: first 500 MW solar + 230 kV line (USD 520 M)
- Oriental fiber backbone Phase 1: Villavicencio–Yopal–Puerto Gaitán (USD 75 M)
- Health: Level-III hospital in Puerto Gaitán + upgrade of 4 Level-II hospitals (USD 160 M)
- Education: Altillanura Training Institute headquarters + 4 sub-campuses operating by 2028 + 80 new schools (USD 95 M)
- LCSA Chair 5-year operation: 10 missions, publications, international agreements (USD 15 M)
- Agro-industrial pilot projects: maize-soybean, oil palm, rubber, silvopastoral in 6 demo farms (USD 180 M)
Closing milestone

Closing milestone: official inauguration of the CDAC in Puerto Gaitán, release of the first complete Baseline Report, first technified harvest in pilot zones, and certification of the first 50,000 ha under zero-deforestation model.
2
Phase II — Acceleration

2030–2036 · USD 9.5 B · 55 % public / 45 % private

Move from pilot to industrial scale in agriculture, energy and infrastructure. Private investment begins to leverage the public base built in Phase I.
- Full Altillanura Transversal: additional 525 km paved, dual carriageway on key sections (USD 1,800 M)
- Meta waterway in full operation: 5 modernized ports, 11-month/year navigation (USD 520 M)
- Energy: 2,000 MW solar + 500 MW wind + 500 kV transmission online (USD 2,400 M)
- Productive ZIDRES: 1.2 million ha supporting associative producers (USD 1,500 M)
- Processing agro-industry: 8 plants (oil mills, mills, slaughterhouses, ethanol-biodiesel) (USD 950 M)
- Puerto Gaitán International Airport, 2,800 m runway, refrigerated cargo terminal (USD 320 M)
- Urbanism: Yopal, Villavicencio, Puerto Gaitán expansion — social housing, public space (USD 1,100 M)
- Start of construction of Nuevo Orocué: layout, road network, primary infrastructure (USD 600 M)
- Level-IV hospital in Villavicencio: 600 beds, regional hub, telemedicine (USD 280 M)
- Universidad Tecnológica de la Orinoquia Phase 1: opening with 3,000 student slots in Nuevo Orocué (USD 220 M)
Closing milestone

Closing milestone: certification of 2 million hectares in agro-industrial production, first export corridor operating between Puerto Gaitán and the Atlantic via the Meta–Orinoco river, more than 3 GW of installed renewable capacity.
3
Phase III — Consolidation

2036–2043 · USD 19.7 B · 40 % public / 60 % private

Close the major connectivity project (railway), inaugurate the new city, reach full scale in agriculture, and deploy green hydrogen as premium export.
- Puerto Gaitán – Puerto Carreño Railway (560 km): 30-year PPP, capacity 18 million t/year (USD 4,200 M)
- Completion of Nuevo Orocué: operational city with 80,000 inhabitants and full university (USD 1,200 M)
- Solar + wind expansion: +3,000 MW for total of 6 GW installed renewables (USD 2,800 M)
- Green hydrogen: first industrial 250 MW plant, 18,000 t/year for export (USD 950 M)
- Advanced agro-industry: 12 new plants + clusters for premium beef, 2G ethanol, oleochemicals, biopolymers (USD 1,450 M)
- Closure of the 12 intermediate towns: full urban-services coverage (USD 1,560 M)
- Secondary + tertiary rings 4,500 km: connectivity for 95 % of productive farms (USD 2,100 M)
- Waterway: expansion and digitalization, 12-month navigation, locks at critical points (USD 280 M)
- Vanguardia international airport + all ASAES (USD 420 M)
- University education: expansion to 30,000 slots, 4 universities fully operational (USD 480 M)
Closing milestone

Closing milestone: railway operational, Nuevo Orocué inaugurated with its university active, first export of Colombian green hydrogen via the Meta–Orinoco towards Europe.
4
Phase IV — Maturity

2043–2050 · USD 16.0 B · 30 % public / 70 % private

Complete the transition to a decarbonized economy, fully articulate the region with national and international markets, and consolidate the CDAC as a reference of sustainable territorial planning for Latin America.
- Railway: extension and modernization, connection to the national network, electrification, double track on key sections (USD 3,200 M)
- Industrial-scale green hydrogen: additional 1 GW, 80,000 t/year export, top-10 global hub (USD 2,400 M)
- Renewables: +2,000 MW solar/wind for total 8 GW installed (USD 1,800 M)
- Energy storage + smart grid: 1,200 MW / 4,800 MWh (USD 1,200 M)
- Industry 4.0 and bioeconomy: 10 plants (biopolymers, 2G biofuels, natural ingredients) (USD 1,500 M)
- Urban infrastructure closure: massive renewal, cultural and sports facilities (USD 1,400 M)
- Electric mobility and sustainable freight: 300-station network, electric public fleet (USD 680 M)
- Environmental services: carbon bonds, conservation of 3 million certified hectares (USD 420 M)
Closing milestone

Master Plan closing milestone: Orinoquia recognized as an energy-self-sufficient region, a leading exporter of sustainable protein and commodities, decarbonized in its internal economy, with quality of life measurable and comparable to the most prosperous regions of Colombia.

Total cumulative investment 2026–2050

USD 47 000 MM

Global mix ~40 % public / ~60 % private · Expected economic IRR 14 % · 1.36 million direct jobs by 2050.