It has been announced that in late November the request for proposals document will be published for the award in concession of its construction and operation, and it is estimated that the cost will amount to $180 million.
It has been reported that the foreign companies that have already expressed interest in the project are Doppelmayr / Garaventa, of Austria, and the Leitner Poma group.According to municipal authorities, the bidding rules are ready, and will be published on the Guatecompras website later this month.
Economic, political and public opinion factors seem to be lining up together making the new tram project for the capital San Jose have a good chance of coming to fruition.
EDITORIAL
The promoter of the project Johnny Araya, City Mayor elected for the period 2016-2020, who had previously headed the commune between 1998 and 2013, garnering, despite numerous allegations of irregularities in his management, a popularity that led him to run as president of the Republic in elections which he lost decisively against the current president Luis Guillermo Solis.In 2016 Araya was again elected mayor of San Jose, favored by the popular vote which sees him as one of the few Costa Rican professional politicians with executive management capabilities.
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.
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.
In Costa Rica there will never be a Metro, nor an urban electric train, nor any type of efficient public transport system simply because it does not suit the bus companies.
EDITORIAL
Lack of strong political leadership and a government with real capabilities is preventing Costa Rica from making the indispensable -and also inevitable- changes needed for it to regain its position as a leading nation in terms of economic and social development in Central America.
It has been announced that the company China Railway Company is studying whether it would be feasible to reactivate a passenger train service between San Salvador and the area of Sitio del Niño, in the municipality of San Juan Opico.
Authorities at the Executive Port Commission (CEPA) explained that the studies that were started during the previous administration with the Spanish company Tramrail have not been completed, and now it is the company China Railway Company which is analyzing the feasibility of the project.
$660 million will be invested to extend Line 2 up to El Dorado mall and extend by 2.2 kilometers Line 1 to Villa Zaíta, in the town of Las Cumbres.
Among the advances made by Metro de Panama since the intention to extend the lines was announced in January 2016 is the preliminary design of the extension of Line 1 by 2.2 kilometers and"...
High rates of urbanization in the region, though with differences between the various countries in it, present great opportunities for economic development, generating business options.
From a report by the World Bank:
ABSTRACT
Central America is undergoing an important transition, with urban populations increasing at accelerated speeds, bringing pressing challenges as well as opportunities to boost sustained, inclusive and resilient growth.
A feasibility study ordered by the Municipality of Guatemala found that it is feasible to install an urban transport cable car system, which will be called AeroMetro.
Although there is still no certainty about the final cost, a representative of the Municipality of Guatemala, Carlos Sandoval, told Prensalibre.com that " 'Everything points to it being an investment using public capital from the municipality and money from private companies.
President Varela announced that in the second week of May 2017 the tender will be launched for the construction of Metro Line 3, which in its first phase will run from Albrook to Ciudad del Futuro.
Included in the portfolio of investment projects that the government plans to develop are the State Administrative Center, an Intermodal Dry Port at Tecun Uman and the Metro Rail.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Economy:
Guatemala, April 20, 2016. Acting President, Jafeth Franco Cabrera, addressed the fourth meeting of 2016 of the Economic Cabinet, accompanied by the Minister of Economy and representative of the Technical Secretariat of the Economic Cabinet, Ruben Morales.
The financing agreement signed between the governments of Panama and Japan includes a non-refundable $35 million for recruitment of the Project Management company.
From a statement issued by the Presidency of Panama:
Panama today finalized a landmark agreement with Japan for financing of up to B /. 2,600 million to be used for the construction of Line 3 of Metro de Panama, the country's largest public infrastructure project since the Canal Expansion.
Through a public-private partnership scheme the government is looking for land and a private developer to build a bus terminal for routes from Cartago to Curridabat.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport:
The Minister of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT), through its Public Transport Council (CTP), signed on Thursday, with the Municipalities of Curridabat and Cartago, a framework cooperation agreement to improve access to public transport.
The Master Plan includes 90 stations to provide transport service for Panama City and its metropolitan area: San Miguelito, Arraiján and La Chorrera.
The director of the Panama Metro, Roberto Roy presented the master plan for the Metro which proposes a network of eight lines planned for 2040, which includes line 1 which is in operation and line 2, which is under construction.
A video released by the Metro Department shows details of the project which has the potential to enhance the development of an area that is already growing and whose population will have doubled by 2050.
The inclusion of the logo of the International Cooperation Agency (JICA) next to the Panama Metro Secretariat gives a certain confidence regarding the success of the realization of a work which is not only vital for the development of the area west of Panama City, but will confirm the direction of modernity that the country has turned towards since recovering the Canal in 2000.
The lack of a development plan for the long term greater metropolitan area of Costa Rica is the main factor affecting the speed with which the spaces with the best conditions for construction are being used up.
Because of the disordered and unplanned manner in which the greater metropolitan area (GAM) has been developed, we are fast running out of the best pieces of land on which to build urban developments, concludes the latest report by the State of the Union.
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