After investing $25 million in construction works, the new binational bridge that connects both countries and is located over the Sixaola River was inaugurated.
The total investment of this work was around $25 million, of which $10 million was contributed by the Mesoamerica Fund - Government of Mexico, and the governments of Costa Rica and Panama allocated $7.5 million each, according to a press release from the Ministry of Public Works of Panama (MOP).
The Costa Rican Institute of Pacific Ports is tendering the construction of the pedestrian suspension bridge over the Mata Limon estuary, in the district of Caldera, Puntarenas province.
Costa Rican Government Purchase 2020LA-000016-0019200001:
"The object is to hire a construction company in road works, for the construction with their respective accesses, the new pedestrian suspension bridge of 259m long and 7 meters wide with a roadway of 4.20 meters on Estero Mata Limon, in Caldera, Esparza, Puntarenas.
The Ministry of Public Works of the Dominican Republic tenders the repair of pedestrian and vehicular bridges in the National District, province of Santo Domingo.
Dominican Republic Government Purchase MOPC-CCC-CP-2019-0005:
"The scope of the project consists of the integral repair of the pedestrian bridges of the intersections Av. Máximo Gómez with Av.
The bridge building project which has been on paper since 2005 has been resurrected, with the announcement that the documents needed to tender the construction will be ready in March and the works will start in June.
Eleven years and half a dozen Panamanian and Costa Rican presidents have tried to put out to tender the construction of the bridge over the Sixaola river on the border between Costa Rica and Panama. Extreme bureaucracy, unenforceability and unfulfilled political promises surrounded the project which now has a new contract announcement.
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport in Costa Rica is tendering various construction works and repair of bridges.
Government Purchase Costa Rica 2015BI-000014-32700:
"Replacing bridge on route 2-01-039, From: Ent. N.125 Canoas, To: Ent. C. 041 La Ceiba, Canton of Alajuela. Co-funded by the Municipality of Alajuela. Replacement of bridge on route 2-01-228, From: Ent.
The Municipality of the Central District is putting out to tender the design and construction of five pedestrian bridges and eleven totems and construction of other five pedestrian bridges and ancillary works for the BRT system (Bus Rapid Transit).
Honduras Government Purchase PTP-CDMA-BID-LPI-001-14:
"DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES AND ADDITIONAL WORKS."
The Road Safety Council of Costa Rica is putting out to tender, at a value of $2 million, the design and construction of pedestrian bridges.
The purpose of this tender is to hire a person or entity with technical and financial capacity to perform geometric, architectural and structural designs (including the preparation of construction drawings) and the construction of pedestrian bridges on several domestic routes.