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The SETEC-ARDANUY consortium will carry out studies to establish whether it is feasible to build an aerial cable network in Tegucigalpa.
The contract was signed between the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) and the consortium awarded for the consultancy, which will be in charge of developing the "Feasibility Studies of an Air Cable Transport Network for the Municipality of the Central District of the Republic of Honduras."
The contract for access to the railway network was signed between the Municipality of Guatemala and Ferrovías, which will serve for the construction project of a Metro Riel, an estimated investment of $772 million.
On July 29th in a ceremony held at the Museo del Ferrocarril del Centro Histórico, it was reported that in addition to the signing of the contract for access to the railway network between the Municipality of Guatemala and Ferrovias Guatemala (Fegua), also signed the bases of coordination between the Municipality, Fegua and Anadie, which will facilitate the development of the project.
In the next few days it is planned to publish the bases of the pre-feasibility study for the construction of an underground metro in Guatemala City.
After being informed in November 2018 of the proposal to develop a metro that would connect in its initial phase the municipality of Mixco with Zone 15 of the capital, which will require an estimated investment of $700 million, now announces the start of procedures to conduct feasibility studies.
After having stopped the process because of an action proposed by one of the participating consortiums, the authorities decided to lift the suspension of the tender for the design and construction of the branch that will connect the future ITSE with the international airport of Tocumen.
The tender was suspended at the beginning of November because of an action presented to the General Directorate of Public Contracting (Dgcp) by Consorcio Línea Aeropuerto, in which it requested the designation of a new commission to evaluate technical proposals, the partial annulment of the report of the evaluating commission and a new analysis of its technical proposal.
In the Dominican Republic, the construction of passenger stations for the interurban system in Gran Santo Domingo and the National District is being tendered.
Dominican Republic Government Purchase MOPC-CCC-LPN-2018-0018:
"Construction of interurban passenger stations in Gran Santo Domingo and the National District (Terminal interurbana del Cibao, Los Alcarrizos)."
In Guatemala, it is proposed to develop an underground metro that would connect in its initial phase the municipality of Mixco with Zone 15 of the capital and would require a $700 million investment.
The new project proposed is in addition to the several proposals and attempts that have been made to implement a mass transportation system in the metropolitan area of Guatemala, which resolves at once the serious problem of road congestion affecting the capital. Thus, in addition to the Metro Riel project and the urban cable cars between Mixco, Villa Nueva and the capital, a new initiative has now been added to build an underground train.
The Consortium Line 2 Branch, made up of the companies Norberto Odebrecht and FCC, obtained the highest score in the tender to design and build the branch that will connect the future Instituto Técnico Superior del Este with Tocumen International Airport.
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Evaluation of Proposals – Best Value Tender with Separate Evaluation No. 2018-2-80-0-08-LS-001716
The Government of Guatemala announced that it expects to invest next year in Line 7 of the Transmetro system, which will have a total fleet of 35 buses and 32 stations.
The Direction of Urban Mobility of the Guatemalan Government presented a $28 million estimate for the project to implement the Transmetro route that will cover from the Mariano Galvez University in zone 2 to the University of San Carlos in zone 12, which will cross the Peripherical.
Acciona Construccion and the Consortia Linea Aeropuerto and Linea 2 Ramal presented their proposals to design and build the branch that will connect the future Instituto Tecnico Superior del Este with the Tocumen international airport.
The contract contemplates the design engineering services, construction of civil works, auxiliary line installations and stations, and interfaces with the integrated railway systems for the start-up of the branch that connects Line 2 of the Metro with the ITSE and the AIT. The integrated railway systems will be contracted separately by MPSA, as they must be fully compatible with Line 2 systems.
The government announced that in 2019 it will invest $578 million in the completion of Line 2 and in the construction of the branch that goes from the Technological University to Tocumen.
Although Line 2 must be operational in April 2019, Metro de Panamá announced that in January it will bring into operation five stations and 12 of the 20 wagons that the Line will have, in order to meet demand foreseen during World Youth Day.
Back on the table once again is discussion of a project to construct Metro Rail for Guatemala City, which would stretch 20 kilometers from the capital and require an investment of close to $800 million.
The Municipality of Guatemala, the National Agency of Partnerships for the Development of Economic Infrastructure (Anadie), Ferrocarriles de Guatemala (Fegua) and Ferrovías signed a cooperation agreement to establish the mechanisms that allow for the Metro Rail transportation system to be put into operation.
The pre-feasibility study for the new master network includes estimates of future demand up to 2040, and recommendations on the location of stations for lines 2A, 4 and 5.
The study recommends starting with Line 2A, as this would complete Line 2 and would significantly ease the exchange at San Miguelito and Line 1, by giving users the opportunity to head to the city center through Ave.
The Municipality of Villa Nueva is calling on companies who are interested in the concession, for a period of 25 years, of the first Municipal Line of the Public Air Transport Service by Cable Car.
Guatemala Government Purchase 7184689:
"National and international public tender for the concession of a municipal line of public air transport service by Cable-MIO cable car for the municipality of Villa Nueva of the department of Guatemala.
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