The contracts are for patching work, supervision, resurfacing of roads and main pathways, and bridge maintenance, among other things, on the national road network.
The Ministry of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing (CIV) is inviting bids for 430 road maintenance projects, through the Road Maintenance Fund, in which about $100 million will be invested.
Complaints have been made that the bill awarding construction of the Caribbean route to a Chinese company was approved without preliminary drawings, calculation of materials and study of costs.
Grupo Consenso believes that it is "unacceptable" that the Committee on Financial Affairs agreed to accept as reasonable the cost presented by China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), in the amount of $465 million.
An opposition deputy claims that the financial offer made by China to widen the road to the Caribbean is overpriced by $165 million.
Manrique Oviedo, from the Citizen Action Party complained that the financial proposal for the extension of Route 32 is overpriced by $165 million relative to what it would actually takes to carry out the enlargement. The legislature requested that the Government renegotiate the loan granted by China for expanding the highway between San José and Limón.
Spanish, Chinese and Costa Rican companies submitted bids for the expansion to four lanes of a 1.7 kilometer stretch of urban road.
The National Roads Authority (Conavi) received six bids for the proposed expansion and renovation of National Route 3, located from the intersection of the factory in Pozuelo Uruca to Jardines del Recuerdo at the Valencia de Heredia.
The Costa Rican government has signed a $395 million loan conditional on the award of a contract to a construction company that has been blacklisted by the World Bank.
China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) will expand the stretch of 107 kilometers on the road to Limón, despite questions having been asked in four countries regarding fraud and bribery.
The Chairman of the Instituto Nacional de Seguros de Costa Rica says there is $13 billion available in domestic financial institutions that could be profitably invested in road infrastructure.
Prensalibre.cr reports that at a hearing of the Committee on Economic Affairs of the Legislative Assembly, the president of the INS, Guillermo Constenla explained to deputies "his opinion on the possibility of financing of the route between San Jose and San Ramon. "
Authorities are negotiating a loan to finance road repairs up to the border of Peñas Blancas and Paso Canoas, and works on the Pacific ports.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will lend $400 million and the remaining $50 million will be contributed by the Chinese Cofinancing Fund (FCC) . According to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT), the project manager, in January the bill will be sent Congress for approval.
The Ministry of Public Works in Costa Rica is putting out to tender the design and construction of National Road No. 3, Section : Pozuelo Intersection (Radial Uruca, National Route 108) - Jardines del Recuerdo Intersection (National Route 106) .
Tender No. 2013LI - 000013 - 0DE00 : Contract for the design and construction of the National Road No. 3, Section : Pozuelo Intersection (Radial Uruca, National Route 108) - Jardines del Recuerdo Intersection (National Route 106) .
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.
In light of the cancellation of a controversial concession, a group of activists have proposed a technical plan which includes financing which predicts repayment in five years.
The Foro de Occidente group presented to the government of Costa Rica a proposal which includes financial aspects that explain how it would be possible to carry out the project that was previously concession - and cancelled - to the Brazilian construction company OAS.
Resonant rubblization is the process of fracturing existing PCC pavement, in place, ready for a direct asphalt overlay.
Resonant rubblization was the method of choice on one of the busiest and most heavily traveled roads in Panama City, Panama, Avenida Domingo Diaz. Including multiple projects with various contractors throughout Central America that past 5 years, rubblization of Avenida Domingo Diaz was successfully performed in 2012 with the consortium ICA-MECO. Rubblization, with a hot mix asphalt overlay, is proven to have an initial design life of 22+ years, while being 65% less expensive and 5 times faster compared to total reconstruction.
Faced with severe social, business and political opposition, President Chinchilla has been forced to cancel the concession to the Brazilian company OAS for the remodeling and management of 58 miles of the San José - San Ramón highway.
The project award was originally won in 2004 by Autopistas del Valle, which transferred it in 2013 to OAS for a figure that has been mentioned of about $35 million, after years of delays in expropriations and without Autopistas del Valle having managed to obtain the required financing .
Construction has begun of the highway between Vuelta Kooper in San Carlos and Bajos de Chilamate in Sarapiquí, which will facilitate the production output of the area to the port of Limón.
The 27 kilometers of road should be constructed by December 2014, if there is not more than the usual amount of rain, which would delay the works.
According to Alejandro Molina, director of MOPT, the project will cost $52.4 million and will reduce by 60 km the distance by road between Vuelta Kooper of San Carlos and Bajos de Chilamate de Sarapiquí.
The National Roads Authority of Costa Rica has created a tender for hiring Conservation Road Managers for the National Road Network across the country.
According to the specifications of the tender:
Road managers will perform, as a minimum, the activities listed below, in order to fully achieve the goals of the contract.
-Actively participate in risk prevention and attention to emergencies which occur in the domestic network.
The works comprise the renovation of road surfaces, and construction of bridges and storm drains on major routes in the area.
From the press release by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport:
The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) and the National Roads Authority (CONAVI) has intensified repair works on road surfaces and bridge building on major roads in the Southern Zone, where it has invested a total of ¢13.448 million ($ 27 million) from the Road Fund.