The project consists of altering the North and South Corridors to operate three lanes in each direction (6 lanes in total) continuously during their normal operations and during critical morning and afternoon schedules; So that one of the lanes works exclusively in counterflow for use by the transport system, ie, Bus Only. See details of the tender.

From a statement issued by the Ministry of Public Works:

On Monday, May 15, the Ministry of Public Works carried out the Abbreviated Best Value Tender for the "Modification, Adaptation, and Signaling for the Reclassification to Three-Lanes and Reversal of Lanes on the North and South Corridors", in the Province of Panama.

Before opening the envelopes submitted by the proponents, the envelope containing the price estimated by the Ministry of Public Works for this project was opened, and the reference price revealed to be B / .25,620,044.43.

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Panama Government Purchase 2017-0-09-0-08-AV-004921:

"The project involves adaptation, adjustments, signaling for reclassification to three-lanes and reversing of lanes on the North and South corridors, which are located in the city of Panama, however, the contracting entity, may determine tasks while carrying out work in the field which have not been defined in the terms of reference and plans, to ensure connectivity and integrity of road networks and / or accessibility to basic services, such as health centers, schools, roads, production, etc., as long as they relate to a route which is continuous, (or) neighboring, (or) perpendicular to any point on the route of the project, which must be formalized by legal instruments defined in the Request for Proposals."