Metro Line 2 to be Tendered in 2013Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Studies of passenger demand are underway and this year, the design plans will be started for Line 2 of the Panamanian Metro system . Line 2, which will be only in an elevated form, will join the sector December 24 with the intersection of San Miguelito in the capital, said Robert Roy, secretary of the Metro. Panama: New Convention CenterMonday, July 20, 2009 The project would be located in the center of the city, close to hotels, and could be ready in three years. Two reasons were indicated by the Panama Tourism Authority (ATP) for building a new conventions center: the low capacity of the center in use now, Atlapa Conventions Center, and the fact that it generates yearly losses of $1 million. Record Number of visitors at Capac Expo Habitat 2012Friday, September 21, 2012 More than 42,000 people attended the event, during which there were transactions worth $270 million. In an article in Elsiglo.com Gabriel Diez, president of the Organizing Committee of CAPAC Expo Habitat 2012, reported that this amount will be added to by transactions taking place "throughout the year thanks to the contacts made during the show." Panama: Motorway Extension AwardedFriday, October 19, 2012 Work on the third phase of the Panama - Colon road, has been awarded directly through an addendum to the $163 million contract with the Madden-Colón Concessionaire. The funding includes $127 million for construction and $35 million for private affectations, said Frank de Lima, Minister of Economy and Finance. Tender For Second Phase of Panama Bay SanitationThursday, November 28, 2013 A $104 million loan from Corporación Andina de Fomento will allow the creation of a tender for the construction of new collectors in Juan Diaz and San Miguelito. This was explained by the health minister, Javier Diaz in an article in Elsiglo.com: " ... the new loan will be used for the construction of additional works and to complement the Phase 1 of the wastewater treatment plant, interceptor tunnel and interconnection system." Panama: Planning for Fourth Stage of Coastal StripMonday, November 19, 2012 The project, which is just beginning to take shape, will connect the Paitilla sector with the marine viaduct of the Corredor Sur. In these early stages of the project known as ‘Cinta Costera 4’ plans are for only the road infrastructure and related landscaping. |
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