Awards: Roadworks for $71 million

In Costa Rica the consortium comprised of Meco and Puentes y Calzadas has been awarded a contract to design and build the definitive access road to the new container terminal in Limón.

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

From a statement issued by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport in Costa Rica:

For being the only bid to comply with the technical specifications of the tender, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) and the National Highway Council (CONAVI), awarded last week the design and construction of the works to build the definitive access road to the new Moin Container Terminal (TCM) to Consorcio del Atlántico, made up of the companies Meco and Puentes y Calzadas.

See: "The Economic Impact of A New Port"

The cost of the project is $71 million. The route already has two lanes in ballast. Two other lanes (for a total of four) need to be constructed, paved, marked and in service on November 30, 2017, a month before the second berth of the TCM starts operating (January 2018).

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