The announcement was made by Housing minister Carlos Duboy, who expects the contract to be made official on the next days.
Monday, February 15, 2010
The project should be built in two years.
“Each apartment could cost between $20.000 and $25.000. Additionally, ‘Banco Hipotecario Nacional’ (National Mortgage Bank), would provide easy loans for families”, reported Prensa.com.
Works at the $94 million Curundú project are at 25%.
The Minister of Housing and Land, Carlos Duboy, said that by mid-month 160 homes are scheduled to be completed, which will add to the existing 160.
"Also there is progress in cleaning up the Curundú river, especially in the area where classrooms are built to train staff working at the project and other work for the road structure and drainage systems,” reports the article in La Estrella .
Brazilian company "Constructora Norberto Odebrecht" won a $94 million contract to develop the infrastructure project.
The evaluation committee awarded the best score to Odebrecht, before the other two pre-qualified companies: Meco S.A. and Constructora Urbana S.A. (Cusa).
Interested companies from 6 countries will visit the project's location on November 26.
Carlos Duboy, Housing Minister, commented that companies from Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Spain and Italy have expressed interest in the project.
"It comprises an urban transformation for 160.000 square meters, over one thousand meters of sidewalks and segregated cycle facilities, institutional buildings, recreational and sport facilities, parks, libraries, as well as working on the Curundú river to prevent flooding", reports Prensa.com.
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