It is estimated that the work will cost about $600 million, a cost that would imply an extension of the concession contract for another 15 years, starting from the expiration of the current concession.

See "Road Infrastructure: Projects for $3.3 Billion"

If negotiations are completed, Glovalvia will operate the national highway until 2048.

From the Presidency of Costa Rica's statement:

-This Wednesday, a letter of understanding was signed between the National Concessions Council and the Autopistas del Sol Consortium.
-According to the results of the traffic and engineering study, the extension of the 76 km road will be carried out in three sections, from La Sabana to Caldera.
-Among the previous works that have been carried out is the progress of 90% in expropriations of the land required between Escazu and Ciudad Colón.
-"We are materializing the commitment we have assumed since the beginning of our government to strengthen the concession figure in order to be able to build the public work that the country requires," said President Carlos Alvarado.

January 22nd, 2020. The Minister of Public Works and Transport, Rodolfo Méndez Mata, and the Deputy Director General of Globalvia, Carlos González Álvarez, signed this Wednesday a letter of understanding for the negotiation process of the studies that will allow the expansion of National Route 27.

Read full statement (In Spanish).

More on this topic

Expansion of Route 27: Restart Negotiations

April 2019

In Costa Rica, discussions have continued to plan the expansion of the route from San José to Caldera, and it is estimated that the works will require about $600 million in investment.

The 77-kilometer road has been operated by Globalvia since its opening, and according to the authorities' forecasts, if the project were to be executed, work would begin in 2021, which would have a five-year duration divided into different phases.

Costa Rica: Extension of Route 27 to Six Lanes

January 2017

The project must take into consideration the extension to three lanes in each direction of the stretch from Sabana to Ciudad Colón, including bridges, construction of drainage and other works.

The National Concessions Council (CNC) is waiting for the concessionaire Autopistas del Sol to present a proposal with details of the enlargement, after a study concluded that Route 27 is saturated by 70%. 

$136 million for Share in Costa Rican Highway

February 2013

Sacyr Concesiones has sold to Globalvia its 35% stake in Autopistas del Sol, the concessionaire of the road connecting the capital San Jose to Puerto Caldera.

With this operation Globalvia aquires 100% of the shares of the company Autopistas del Sol.

From a press release published by Sacyr Concesiones:

Costa Rica: Road Concession to Spanish Company to be Cancelled

May 2011

In the national assembly of Costa Rica a Commission of Inquiry is calling for a freeze on the current processes for public works concession contracts and the cancelation of the contract with Autopistas del Sol.

Problems identified in the newly constructed road connecting the capital San José to Puerto Caldera in the Pacific, have set off the creation of a commission of inquiry in Costa Rica’s national assembly.