The Cabinet Council has authorized Metro de Panamá S.A. to acquire 100% stake in Mass Transit Panama SA.
From a statement issued by the Presidency of Panama:
Government advances in the process of transforming the mass transit system
- Cabinet authorizes Metro de Panamá to acquire Transporte Masivo de Panamá, S.A. SA (Mi Bus).
Following the agreement reached with companies Fábrica Nacional de Autopartes (Fanalca) and Felgate Enterprise, owner of 100% of the shares of Transporte Masivo de Panamá S.A. (TMPSA), concessionaire and operator of Mi Bus, the Cabinet authorized Metro de Panamá S.A. (MPSA), to carry out the process to acquire 100% of these shares.
The Mayoral office of Arraijan is looking for financing and companies to build eight public transport terminals in each of its districts, in areas of at least two hectares.
"...According to Ceferino Camaño, president of a Burunga internal route, these terminals are necessary if you take into account that there are plans for the arrival of the Panama Metro to Arraiján. "
While suspicions grow in the media about the companies in the tender for Line 2 of the Panama Metro, the absence of US companies is surprising.
EDITORIAL
An article in Prensa.com reports that "... In the best value tender proposals have been submitted by three consortia composed of companies from China, Spain, one from Mexico, one from Brazil and one from Peru.
Free parking in Panama and heavy trains running through the streets of the capital of Costa Rica, are examples of some of the strange decisions taken by their governments.
EDITORIAL
While the rest of the world discourages the use of private cars as a means of transportation, increasing the costs of their use by setting, among other methods, high costs for parking in urban areas, in Panama, whose capital city suffers like any other city from the growing problems of congestion on the roads, the National Assembly recently passed a law that mandates free parking in "commercial parking lots of any kind or public offices where purchases are made, goods acquired or any services received. "
The government of El Salvador has received the backing of the InterAmerican Development Bank for a second tender to finish building a terminal for an urban transport system in Soyapango.
With the aim of finishing the remaining 49% of the terminal for the Integrated Transport System in the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador (SITRAMSS), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved the hiring of another company through means of invitation to bid and price comparison and the whole process is expected to take at least 30 days.
The Metro Secretary is considering extending the line 1 even more than already planned, completing 18 or 20 kilometers and connecting with Villa Zaíta in the province of Panama.
The study to extend Line 1 of the Panama Metro has already been started, and now it has "... completed the route and up to the area where the station will be located." With this project the plan is to extend by 3-4 kilometers to connect with Via Zaíta.
The government has announced that the Metro Bus service in the capital will be run by the State and its management will be granted in concession to private operators.
The government announced that the service which up to now has been provided by the company Mi Bus will pass into state hands, and the concessionaire will be a private company.
Government Minister, Milton Henriquez told Panamaamerica.com.pa "...
A bill is being prepared which would allow the granting of new concessions to domestic private companies for the provision of public transport in the districts of Panama and San Miguelito.
The initiative to amend Law 14 of 1993 on public transport presented in the Assembly states that only firms which are 100% Panamanian may apply for the concession. The main objective of the project is for the business applying to be 100% Panamanian and it is anticipated that the main results of this will be to prevent monopolistic practices in sensitive sectors such as urban transport.
The Mayor of Panama is considering the construction of underground parking lots underneath the Metro stations.
In order to encourage the use of public transport in a city where there is still a shortage of parking spaces, the director of Urban Planning at the Municipality of Panama, Manuel Trute told Panamaamerica.com.pa that "... analysis is being carried out on building parking lots below Metro stations. "
The possibility of tendering Metro feeder routes and Metro Bus in Panama City and San Miguelito is being analyzed.
Government Minister Milton Henriquez, said that the aim of the eventual granting in concession of routes by tender is "... that transportation be a single integrated system which includes the Metro, Metro Bus and feeder routes."
The president of the National Chamber of Transport, Dionisio Ortega told Prensa.com that "...
A group of engineers and experts from the construction sector have initiated studies to determine the feasibility of building a Metro in the capital.
The commission will examine the project which is being run by the Association of Engineers and Architects of Costa Rica (CFIA), whose director, Olman Vargas, noted that "... the concept is initially evaluating the construction of a subway carrying passengers from west to east (Pavas-Curridabat) and north-south (Guadalupe-Desamparados). "
In Panama a bill has been presented for companies to pay a voucher of $60 for transportation workers who earn less than $850.
The bill introduced in the Legislature by the Minister of Government, Milton Henriquez, aims to "... increase the purchasing power of workers giving them a "transport voucher" worth up to $ 60 ... Their income must be at or below $850. "
An announcement has been made that on September 15th the specifications for the tender of construction of the second line, which will have a length of 21 kilometers and 16 stations, will be published.
From a statement issued by the Panama Metro Secretariat:
During the Cabinet Council, held on July 29th in the Ricardo J. Alfaro school, in the village of Tocumen, President Juan Carlos Varela Rodríguez, announced that on 15 September, the tender documents for Metro Line 2 of Panama will be published.
An announcement has been made that a new tender will be launched to complete the construction of a terminal for the Integrated Transit System in the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador.
After several delays in the schedule established in the contract with the company Control y Montajes Industriales de México (CYMIMEX), the government announced the cancellation of the contract and the search for a new company to complete the works on the terminal for the System for Integrated Transport in the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador (SITRAMSS) in Soyapango, east of the capital.
The company will be responsible for the supply and installation of the equipment required for the operation of the system to charge passengers.
Panamaamerica.com.pa reports: "... SONDA will be responsible for delivering and implementing the equipment required for the operation of fare collection system for Metro Line 1 ..."
The hiring process will be made 'by exception' and will be the responsibility of the Minister for Canal Affairs and head of the Panama Metro Secretariat of the Ministry of the Presidency, Roberto Roy.
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