The Mayor of Panama has suspended construction of two underground parking lots in the capital because of an alleged breach of contract.
The three-month delay in the delivery of plans for the construction of underground parking lot beneath Urracá park, by the contractor Plaza Parking, SA, has led to the suspension of construction work which it is hoped will be resumed at the end of January at the latest when it is expected that the Mayor will announced new measures to be taken.
Construction is to start of the 1,100 underground parking spaces granted in concession and from which 10% of the income will go to the municipality of Panama City.
Prensa.com reports: "The contracts were awarded using the turnkey model to Antonella de La Valle, representative of the company Estacionamientos Unidos S.A and Ivan Bernal of the company Plaza Parking SA".
The width, height and distance required between each fence and between commercial and street furniture are some of the aspects which the regulation will cover.
"Mayor Roxana Mendez presented to the Municipal Council of Panama a project to regulate the placement of outdoor advertising", reported Prensa.com.
She said that for example, the spacing between each fence pole should be a maximum 140 meters wide and at least 40 meters high.
The Mayor of Panama has announced two new concession projects for underground parking spaces in Panama City.
The institution announced that underground parking will be built at the site of the Street Vendors and Crafts Market on plaza 5 de Mayo, an initiative that already has the approval of the Municipal Council of Panama. Recently this local government approved an agreement to authorize it, signing a concession contract for the development of the parking lots.
The Mayor of Panama will make changes to the project of underground parking in the Urracá area, in order to attract the interest of construction companies.
Prensa.com reports that "the mayor of Panama, Roxana Mendez, revealed this Tuesday, February 26, plans to create another tender for companies interested in building the underground parking project in the Urracá park area " .
A 20-year concession for the construction and management of 2000 underground parking spaces, is the gateway to a business that could be expanded to the entire city.
December 3rd is the date announced for the opening of bids for the award of the underground parking tender in Panama City.
The concession is for the construction and management of 2,000 parking spaces which will be located in four car parks in the capital: 780 spaces under park Urraca, in Avenida Balboa, 366 spaces under Park Harry Strunz, on Calle 50, and under park Porras Francisco Arias Paredes, both between Avenida Cuba and Avenida Peru, 362 and 446 parking spaces will be built, respectively.
The Legislative Budget Commission has approved the request made by the government to purchase the equipment.
Scanning machines purchased with the approved funds will serve to increase security in the following prisons: La Joya, La Joyita, Nueva Esperanza (Colón) and the young persons detention center in Tocumen.
As pointed out in an article in Prensa.com, with this new measure, "the police, custodians, lawyers, relatives of detainees and everyone who enters a prison will go through detection equipment for weapons, metals and illegal substances."
The government introduced a bill that will enable private companies to operate penitentiaries.
Once it is discussed by the cabinet, it will be forwarded to the National Assembly. The government intends the law to enter into force in 2011.
"Roxana Méndez, Government Spokesperson, detailed that the plan is to reform Law 55 from 2003 - which organizes the prison system -, to introduce a 'patronage' scheme, that will allow to pass prison management on to the private sector", reported Prensa.com.
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