In July 2018, the Consorcio Autopistas de Guatemala was awarded the contract for the rehabilitation, maintenance and administration of the Escuintla-Puerto Quetzal highway, with toll collection.

However, it is still expected that the Congressional Committee on Communications, Transportation and Public Works will issue a favorable opinion to the project's bill, which is under the Public-Private Alliance (PPP) scheme.

See "Construction and Management of Highway Awarded" and "Highway Concession Confirmed".

Roberto Sagastume, executive director of the National Agency of Alliances for the Development of Economic Infrastructure (Anadie), explained to Prensalibre.com that "... the members of the aforementioned commission still do not give their opinion on the bill, which was presented in October 2018. The draft contract has a one-year approval period, i.e. it will end in October 2019."

Sagastume added that "... The commission still does not rule and once the opinion is ready the contract will pass to the plenary for discussion in first, second and third reading. We have presented on several occasions information that has been required on the report."

Javier Zepeda, executive director of the Chamber of Industry of Guatemala (CIG), said that "... There is a political risk that the contract may not move forward this year because it is an electoral period, as well as the freezing of the legislative agenda."

Source: prensalibre.com

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