With $27 million the World Bank will be financing from August the construction of the 26 kilometers of the road between Bluefields and San Francisco in the municipality of Nueva Guinea.
The road will be built with reinforced concrete within a period of two years and the Costa Rican company MECO SA will be running the project.
Omar Jimenez, representative of MECO, told Elnuevodiario.com.ni that they have "..." a strategy for working in the area considering it rains nine or ten months a year, but we have experience in such work and expect to carry it out within the stipulated time. '"
None of the four prequalified consortia submitted bids in the tender for the concession for the construction and operation of 106 kilometers of the West Corridor road.
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Until the last days of last week the Commission for the Promotion of Public Private Partnership (Coalianza) sent communications regarding the opening on Monday of bids in this tender, important not only because of its volume and the need on the part of the Honduran economy for its realization, but also because the success of the tender would also be a success for the managers of Coalianza. But no one wanted to risk an offer.
The National Highway Council is calling for expressions of interest for the design of renovation or reconstruction works on National Highway 1, the North American Highway, Barranca-Limonal Section.
Costa Rica Government Purchase CR-L1022 - 38703587:
"Design of the renovation (or reconstruction) works and Improvement of National Highway 1, North American Highway, Barranca-Limonal Section."
The process of selecting a trustee bank has started in order to bring about the construction and maintenance of highways CA-4, CA-10 and CA-11, which require an investment of $245 million.
The Commission for Public-Private Partnerships (Coalianza), intends to form a public-private partnership to achieve the financing, construction, renovation, expansion, operation and maintenance of the road network in the departments of Cortes, Santa Barbara, Copan and Ocotepeque.
With an investment of between $20 and $25 million, the Ministry of Public Works is putting out to tender the widening of the stretch of road going from Pozuelo Factory up to the Funeraria Jardines del Recuerdo.
According to Pedro Castro, chief of Public Works and Transport (MOPT), the tender is ready, they're just waiting on resolving an environmental issue and if there are no setbacks the project will be published next week in the La Gaceta.
The Ministry of Public Works in Panama is putting out to tender improvement works and the expansion of the Amador Causeway between Monumento a la Bandera and the entrance to Isla Flamenco.
The purpose of the tender is the procurement of the study, design, construction, improvement and expansion of the Amador Causeway between between Monumento a la Bandera and the entrance to Isla Flamenco.
The Ministry of Public Works has announced the construction of a bridge to connect Avenida Santa Elena, the Cincuentenario way and the East Coast.
Jaime Ford, chief of the MOP disclosed the cost of the project during a presentation on road works to members of the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama. The official explained that they realized the need for this work after they finished the widening of the Cincuentenario road, which required $140 million.
The Panama Tourism Authority is putting out to tender the design and construction of the Via Costanera Highway.
Description of the procurement:
Study, Design and Construction of a Coastal Highway, between the communities of Cuango - Santa Isabel, in the District of Santa Isabel, Province of Colon.
The date and time of the clarification meeting is June 25, 2013 at 10:00 am.
The Atlantic Highway will be expanded from mile 57 to 80, with partial funding from the Taiwanese government.
From a press release issued by the Government of Panama:
The Government of Guatemala in June signed an agreement with the Republic of China-Taiwan to complete the works for expanding and improving the Atlantic Highway from kilometer 57 to El Rancho, kilometer 80, during a working visit made by the president Otto Perez Molina to that nation.
In Costa Rica the Brazilian company OAS has six months to find someone to pay more than $500 million for a project that has been opposed by 90% of the population.
According to Edwin Rodriguez, technical secretary of the National Concessions Council (CNC), the Brazilian company OAS is negotiating with international banks for the resources to fund the project.
The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure in Nicaragua is calling for bids for the renovation and improvement of the road from Nejapa to Puerto Sandino.
At an estimated cost of about $38 million, provided by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, the improvement works will be carried out on 50 miles of this road.
"It is expected that the repair to this section of road will take at least 18 months and the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, as the executing agency of the project, will be receiving proposals up to April 9 this year.
The company TOPSA has pointed to the non payment of $4.7 million by the government as the reason for the suspension of works on extending the route between San Martin Jilotepeque in Chimaltenango, and Joyabaj in Quiché.
The suspension order received by TOPSA came from the company Consultora y Constructora Bea, S.A. which was hired to oversee the project for the Road Maintenance Unit (Covial) of the Ministry of Communications.
On December 21 Conservación Vial (Road Maintenance) published 65 tenders for the maintenance of 2,310 kilometers of unpaved roads and 75 for patching repair works to 3,880 kilometers.
The works comprise the entire national territory and according to the director of Road Maintenance (Covial), Stuart Gonzalez, awards are scheduled for next week.
Prensalibre.com reports that, "The haste in publishing the tenders, Gonzalez said, is because the maintenance plan and patching will start on January 15 in order to get the roads in good condition before winter.
Guatemala's Congress has approved a loan of $119 million from the CABEI and another from BNDES of Brazil for $280 million, for the expansion to four lanes of the highway to the Pacific.
The Ministry of Communications will be the executor of the road project to be financed with the two loans.
The expansion to four lanes will be on the route from Cocales, Suchitepéquez, to Tecun Uman, San Marcos.
The concessionaire of the route San Jose – Caldera, , Autopistas del Sol, has filed a lawsuit against the state demanding an update of the cost of road construction.
The company is seeking to "rebalance the contract based solely on an update of the amount of the original bid", said Luis Diego Flores, constitutional attorney. The concessionaire maintains that the cost of the works exceeded the figures set out in the original bid for the project.