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.
More than two years after an initiative was presented in Guatemala to create an autonomous entity made up of the government and private investors, which would be in charge of planning and executing road works, the proposal has not yet received the endorsement of the Legislative and the road network is still in poor condition.
During the National Meeting of Entrepreneurs (Enade) 2017 the proposal to create the Superintendence of Road Infrastructure (Sivial) arose, an institution that would be an autonomous entity with the function of planning, tendering and contracting infrastructure works.
The Ministry of Communications is tendering the improvement works of the road section RD-ESC-01, Escuintla-Santa Maria de Jesus, Sacatepéquez.
Guatemala Government Purchase 12231738:
"The road project begins in the municipality of Palín, within the department of Escuintla, and ends in the municipality of Santa Maria de Jesus. The design has been traced over the existing road trying to maintain the current geometry.
The Municipality of Guatemala announced that this year it plans to build eight overpasses in different parts of the capital, which will require a joint investment of some $13 million.
The new overpasses will be in Zones 2, 6, 15 and 16, according to detailed information provided by Guatemala City Mayor Ricardo Quiñonez.
Grupo Muratori S.A. was awarded the contract to build in Guatemala the overpass of Route CA-01 West at kilometer 27.5, return to San Lucas Sacatepéquez.
The evaluation report of the proposals of the tender "Construction of the uneven crossing of the CA-01 West Route Return to San Lucas Sacatepéquez" was published in the public procurement portal, which details that the amount awarded for this work is $2.6 million.
L&S Construcciones S.A. was awarded the contract to build the overpass of Route CA-01 Occidente, Cuatro Caminos, in the department of Totonicapán.
According to the official documentation of the event, the companies that presented their bids were Construcciones y Consultoría S.A., Constructora Conalca, Grupo Beta Constructores S.A. and L&S Construcciones S.A., the latter being the business group favored with the qualification of the examining board.
In the first half of the year, 48 environmental impact studies were presented for projects of street rehabilitation, construction and expansion of highways in Central American countries.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private construction projects for which environmental impact studies (EIA) were submitted to the respective institutions of each country.
The Ministry of Communications of Guatemala tenders the replacement of the CITO-180 highway, section crossing Zunil - Las Rosas, intersection RN-1, Quetzaltenango.
Guatemala Government Purchase 11405090:
"The project consists of replacing the pavement of the existing road and adapting it to the typical pavement section. The contractual term for the execution of the works of the Project will be 12 calendar months.
The detailed engineering and technical, economic, environmental and risk assessment studies for the four-lane extension project of the CA-02 Oriente stretch from Escuintla to the RN-16 fork, Chiquimulilla, Santa Rosa, are being tendered in Guatemala.
Guatemala Ministry of Communications Purchase 10787097:
"The winning Consultant will be in charge and responsible for elaborating the horizontal and vertical geometric design, of all the characteristics and specifications, adapting as much as possible to the existing alignment. If this alignment complies with the design norms, protection works must be considered to reduce the risk to which the project object of study will be submitted in the operation stage.
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.
Because 46 right-of-way invasion conflicts were reported, the four-lane widening of the road from Sanarate to the Ranch will be completed by 2020.
The extension of a 28-kilometre stretch of the Atlantic Route, which connects the country's capital with Puerto Santo Tomás de Castilla, faces multiple difficulties, since 125 cases of invasion of the right-of-way have been registered, of which 46 became conflicts and 10 were described as "critical."
In the first quarter of the year, 21 environmental impact studies were presented for projects of street rehabilitation, construction and expansion of highways in Central American countries.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private construction projects for which environmental impact studies (EIA) were submitted to the respective institutions of each country.
The Ministry of Communications of Guatemala tenders the construction of the overpass of Route CA-01 West at kilometer 27.5, return to San Lucas Sacatepéquez.
Guatemala Government Purchase 10903208:
"The project consists of the construction of a return to San Lucas Sacatepéquez on a slope between the CA-01 West, implementing ramps for incorporation and disincorporation.
The Ministry of Communications of Guatemala tenders for the second time the construction of the overpass of Route CA-01 West, Cuatro Caminos, in the department of Totonicapán.
On January 9, the Ministry of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing decided to cancel the process that had given as winners of the tender concerned to the companies Construcciones y Consultorías S.A., and Cablan S.A.