Panamanian Assembly Approves $51 Million for Highway

The Panamanian National Assembly granted a $51 million credit to the MOP (Public Works Ministry) to finance the cost overrun of the Madden-Colón highway.

Friday, March 13, 2009

This highway which is being built by the Public Works Ministry in Panama had an original cost of $215.8 million, but there was an increase in the cost of the project.

What minister Benjamínn Colamarco told the Assembly members is described in an article in prensa.com: "The cost of the project was originally $215.8 million, but there was an increase generated by 'geological events.'"

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