The governors of Mendoza and San Juan, signed an agreement to pave the road between the town of Uspallata (Las Heras) with Barreal (Calingasta). Also present were General Manager of National Highways, Nelson Periotti and Secretary of Tourism of the Nation, Enrique Meyer. Mendoza Governor Celso Jaque, traveled to the province of San Juan to sign an agreement with your sanjuanino par, José Luis Gioia, for widening and paving the Andean corridor (routes 149 and 153) which connects the town of Uspallata, in Las Heras, with Barreal in Calingasta. The agreement was made on premises resort Astronomical “The Leoncito” (CASLEO) located inside the National park of the same name. The meeting also served to work on the integration and development of Micro Andean Region (MICA) with the mayors of Calingasta, Robert Garces; Sarmiento, Alberto Hansel and peers Las Heras and Lavalle, Ruben Miranda and Roberto Righi, respectively. The aim of the meeting was to strengthen ties to improve the quality of life of the peoples inhabiting the Andean area. The astronomical observations made cuyanos leaders guided, as do tourists visiting the center, and spent the night in the room, declared a protected national park. The visit is part of “government policy to revalue astronomical tourism,” said Secretary of Tourism San Juan, Dante Elizondo. Both leaders and the head of National Highways, Nelson Periotti, called tender to expand and pave the Andean Corridor. The work was carried out in three sections: between Uspallata, Mendoza, and San Juan border with infrastructure for phytosanitary control; thence Barreal in San Juan, and a path to Leoncito National Park. Both provinces are driving an ambitious regional development based on improving the routes connecting them, to allow the transit of its products to Asian markets and towards the center of the country. Provincial officials inspected tourist, cultural and archaeological sites in the Los Morillos to check the condition of the cave where years ago mummies and paintings of Aboriginal culture Fortuna, who inhabited the region were found about 8,000 years ago . They also visited the ruins of Hilario, to oversee the restoration faces 30 days to recover the old mine as another tourist attraction in the
