Guatemala: Metro Rail to Cost $770 million

A feasibility study indicates an estimated cost of $770 million for building a Metro that will loop through 20 kilometers between the North and South of the capital city, a project which will be put out to tender in 2017.

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

The project, whose feasibility study was commissioned with the Spanish company IDOM Ingeniería y Consultoría, consists of building a light railway which will extend for 20 kilometers and will have 20 stations. The trains will run from South Centra in Villa Nueva, to Centra Norte, within the limits of zones 17 and 18.  

The Metro Rail is one of the investment projects that the government intends to develop through the ANADIE, and was presented in April this year by the Ministry of Economy.

Elperiodico.com.gt reports that "...The document outlining the ideal route talks about a public-private investment project that will be put out to tender accompanied by a prequalification of investors in the first half of 2017. After that the concession will be granted in 2018 to build the project in three years and have it functioning in 2021."

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