Opportunities in Road Infrastructure in Costa Rica?

The president-elect has announced that it is a priority of his government to overhaul the country's road infrastructure, which will require investments of over $10 billion.

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Costa Rica has a back log of 20 years worth of work in implementing the necessary road infrastructure to support the country's development.

With a geography that requires a lot of bridges, there are far fewer than necessary, and those few bridges that do exist are old and too narrow and have not been maintained. The highways are not able to deal with the rapid growth in the number of cars on the road and do not meet the needs of productive sectors, causing loss of competitiveness with the region and the world. Urban transport in the metropolitan area around the capital San José is terrible, requiring urgent solutions in terms of public transport.

It is likely, and essential, that the incoming government led by Luis Guillermo Solís will dedicate itself to lifting the legal restrictions preventing the necessary flexibility in the realization of public works that are needed, as well as the elimination of institutional structures that have only shown ineptitude in carrying out their functions, such as the National Roads Authority. If this revision of the regulations which hinder management is accompanied with the necessary political will, in Costa Rica there will be space and opportunity for investment in road infrastructure worth many billions of dollars.

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