Funding for the works comes from a $340 million loan that the Government of Costa Rica signed this week with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE).

The Northern Ring Road will be a 4-lane highway that will begin on Route 32 and continue west until reaching the intersection with Circunvalacion, opposite Burger King in La Uruca. The complete length of this section includes the largest viaduct built in the country, at 3.8 kilometers long, between the intersection of Route Guapiles and a sector close to Leon XIII, in Tibás.

Francisco Jiménez, Minister of Public Works and Transport, said the work will be put out to tender in the second half of 2012 and expected that 2013 would be a “very animated” year due to the large number of works which they aim to have in place, reported Nacion.com.

Source: Nacion.com

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