El Salvador: Obstacles for Construction Sector

Two years after its approval, the law streamlining procedures for construction does not operate, delaying projects which are in process and preventing the onset of new ones.

Monday, October 26, 2015

Added to this is lack of investment in public infrastructure, which is preventing the private construction sector from developing new projects, particularly in areas where there is not adequate road infrastructure.

The commercial manager for Urbánica, a real estate developer, Alvaro Barrera, told Elsalvador.com that "... "At present we were unable to use the law on streamlining procedures, we can not feel any of these advantages, speeding up processes as stated; they have spoken about a 60 day process with the ANDA, and this has not been fulfilled. '"

"... The feelings of the representative from Urbánica match the accusations made over recent years by the Salvadoran Chamber of Construction Industry (Casalco). According to repeated statements by the executive director of the union, Jose Velasquez, bureaucracy and lack of will are not only affecting businesses, which in the end could look for new markets, but also creating problems for the country. "

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