More than two years ago, Convía won the contest to rehabilitate and operate the Escuintla-Puerto Quetzal highway in Guatemala. However, the Congress of the Republic, which is in chaos due to a new political crisis, has not yet defined whether to approve the PPP or not.
Private investors are planning to build a four-lane highway, 31 kilometers long, which would serve as a beltway for vehicles passing through the municipalities of San Bernardino, Mazatenango and Cuyotenango, department of Suchitepéquez.
This new investment would be executed in a format similar to that of the Via Alterna del Sur (VAS), which is private and operates on a toll basis, and crosses the southern municipalities of the metropolitan area between these Villa Nueva and Villa Canales, in the department of Guatemala.
The Guatemalan Congress voted against the bill that granted a private company the concession to rehabilitate and operate the Escuintla-Puerto Quetzal Highway, which will require the presentation of a new bill to revive the road project.
It is expected that the section of the Via Alterna del Sur that will connect the municipality of Villa Canales with Zone 21 of the Guatemalan capital will begin operating at the end of next year.
The new section being built on the Via Alterna del Sur (VAS) will be about 7 kilometers long and will connect the municipality of Villa Canales with the Atanasio Tzul roadway in Guatemala City.
After months without progress being reported in the process, the Communications Commission of the Guatemalan Congress issued a favorable opinion to the bill to rehabilitate and operate the Escuintla-Puerto Quetzal Highway.
The procedure has been delayed by several months, as the dossier was submitted from 5 October 2018 and only on 6 August received a positive opinion from the Committee on Communications, Transport and Public Works.
Authorities in Guatemala verify the progress of the bill for the rehabilitation and operation of the Escuintla-Puerto Quetzal Highway, which was presented to Congress six months ago and have yet to make a statement.
Members of the National Council of Alliances for the Development of Economic Infrastructure (Conadie) attended the Congress of the Republic, with the objective of knowing the progress of the initiative of the project of public-private alliance, which was presented since October 5, 2018 and is in control of the Commission of Communications, Transport and Public Works.
Because of the lack of progress in Congress and the fact that 2019 is an election year, there is a risk in Guatemala that the concession to rehabilitate and operate the Escuintla-Puerto Quetzal Highway will not be granted.
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.
The contract to restore and manage the Escuintla-Puerto Quetzal highway with toll collection, awarded to the Consorcio Autopistas de Guatemala, is already in the Congress awaiting approval.
The National Council of Alliances for the Development of Economic Infrastructure (Conadie) approved in early August the action of the Evaluation Commission that decided to award the contract for the restoration and administration of the road section to the Consorcio Autopistas de Guatemala.
In Guatemala, confirmation has been given of the award of a contract to renovate and manage the Escuintla-Puerto Quetzal highway with tolls, to the Consortium Autopistas de Guatemala.
In a meeting held on August 6, the National Council of Partnerships for the Development of Economic Infrastructure (Conadie), unanimously decided to approve the actions of the Evaluation Commission that decided to award the Consortium Autopistas de Guatemala the contract for the renovation and administration of the road section.
In Guatemala, the Consortium Autopistas de Guatemala was awarded a contract for the renovation and management of the Escuintla-Puerto Quetzal highway, with toll collection.
In this concession for the administration of the highway, the companies which had been pre-qualified and which submitted their proposals were Consorcio Autopistas de Guatemala, Mota-Engil Latin America and Anas International Enterprise.
The proposal by the Autopistas de Guatemala consortium offers the highest percentage of revenues for the government, in the concession to renovate and manage the Escuintla - Puerto Quetzal highway.
The National Council of Partnerships for the Development of Economic Infrastructure (Anadie) held, in Guatemala City, the act to open economic offers for the "Renovation, Administration, Operation, Maintenance and Complementary Works on the Highway Escuintla - Puerto Quetzal with Toll Collection"
Anas International Enterprise, Mota-Engil Latin America and the consortium Autopistas de Guatemala submitted their proposals to renovate and manage the Escuintla - Puerto Quetzal highway.
The National Council of Partnerships for the Development of Economic Infrastructure (Anadie) received the economic offers yesterday for the "Renovation, Administration, Operation, Maintenance and Complementary Works of the Escuintla - Puerto Quetzal Highway with Toll Collection", and according to the authorities they expect to finish the hiring process in the month of July.
For the second time the deadline for receipt of offers has been postponed in the tender for the renovation and administration of the Escuintla - Puerto Quetzal highway, this time until May 3.
The National Council of Partnerships for the Development of Economic Infrastructure reported that on March 13 it decided to postpone the date for receiving technical and economic offers from the pre-qualified companies for the project"Renovation, Administration, Operation, Maintenance and Complementary Works on the Escuintla - Puerto Quetzal Highway with Toll Collection",which is in the international public tender phase.
In Guatemala, engineering studies and the evaluation of the four-lane extension of the Atlantic highway for the El Progreso - Puerto Barrios section are being put out to tender.
Guatemala Government Purchase 7469101:
"Contract for detailed engineering studies and technical, economic, environmental and risk assessment for the project: road extension to four lanes of the CA-09 North route, section: El Rancho, El Progreso - Mayuelas, Zacapa."
In Guatemala, the presentation of bids in the tender for the renovation and operation of the Escuintla-Puerto Quetzal highway, with toll collection, has been postponed until April 5.