Guatemala Will Invite Bids for Mega Projects on 2011

Enlarging Port Quetzal is the largest project in a list of initiatives that will be developed using the recent Law for Development Alliances (“Ley de Alianzas para el Desarrollo”).

Monday, May 17, 2010

Passed on April 13, this law allows the state to entrust private operators with executing and administering large infrastructure projects. The State provides a regulatory framework and controls the execution of the project.

In addition to the port, other projects deemed as high priority include building road intersections in areas like Chimaltenango.

Mariano Rayo, president of the Economy Committee at Congress, remarked that the country could begin inviting bids for these projects on early 2011.

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