Astaldi Starts Repairs of El Cajon Hydroelectric Station

After the 15% advance payment to the Italian company the repairs to the dam in Honduras will begin in December and will take two years.

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

After countless delays, repair of the hydroelectric finally will finally have free reign, after the award in May and the signing of the contract in August to repair cracks and the slope in the tunnels.

Leonardo Deras, technical assistant manager of the National Electric Power Company told Laprensa.hn that "... The contract has now been signed, and guarantees presented and what is being done now is to pay the down payment, then the contractor will move into the area. "

He added that "... The total amount of the work is $34.8 million for the first year and we have budgeted disbursement of 15% (over $5.2 million), we have estimated the work will take 24 months."

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