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.
The contract for access to the railway network was signed between the Municipality of Guatemala and Ferrovías, which will serve for the construction project of a Metro Riel, an estimated investment of $772 million.
On July 29th in a ceremony held at the Museo del Ferrocarril del Centro Histórico, it was reported that in addition to the signing of the contract for access to the railway network between the Municipality of Guatemala and Ferrovias Guatemala (Fegua), also signed the bases of coordination between the Municipality, Fegua and Anadie, which will facilitate the development of the project.
The Guatemalan government endorsed the modernization of La Aurora International Airport, which costs about $117 million, through a public-private partnership.
After the consulting firm Deloitte Tetra Tech was hired to prepare feasibility studies, with the aim of establishing contract models that could be applied to modernize the Guatemalan air terminal, it was recommended that a public-private partnership (PPP) is the most efficient way.
According to the Guatemalan airline guild, it is necessary to modernize the infrastructure of La Aurora International Airport by expanding the southern taxiway, but in the study of the project it is proposed to begin with work on the northern runway.
The consulting firm Deloitte Tetra Tech was hired to prepare feasibility studies, with the aim of establishing the plan to modernize the Guatemalan air terminal.
The execution of five energy and infrastructure projects in Southern Mexico and the Northern Triangle of Central America could boost the area's economic growth and slow migration.
The projects discussed now are not new, they have been part of the discussion of the region's businessmen and governments for years, but now they have come back into the discussion, as a possible response to the pressure exerted by the U.S.
A public-private partnership would be the most efficient option for modernizing Guatemala's La Aurora International Airport, which urgently requires a strong investment in infrastructure.
The consulting firm Deloitte Tetra Tech was hired to prepare feasibility studies, with the aim of establishing contract models that could be applied to modernize the Guatemalan air terminal.
In the next few days it is planned to publish the bases of the pre-feasibility study for the construction of an underground metro in Guatemala City.
After being informed in November 2018 of the proposal to develop a metro that would connect in its initial phase the municipality of Mixco with Zone 15 of the capital, which will require an estimated investment of $700 million, now announces the start of procedures to conduct feasibility studies.
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.
The process to build an Administrative Center for the State of Guatemala is still making progress, but now an cultural and commercial alternative to the complex of public offices has been suggested.
In 2015, the National Agency of Partnerships for the Development of Economic Infrastructure (ANADIE), proposed the construction of the State Administrative Center (CAE by its initials in Spanish) on land belonging to Ferrocarriles de Guatemala located in Zone 1 of the capital of the country.
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.
A search has begun for investors interested in participating in the tender to award the operation of La Aurora International Airport in concession, for a term of 15 to 20 years.
Back on the table once again is discussion of a project to construct Metro Rail for Guatemala City, which would stretch 20 kilometers from the capital and require an investment of close to $800 million.
The Municipality of Guatemala, the National Agency of Partnerships for the Development of Economic Infrastructure (Anadie), Ferrocarriles de Guatemala (Fegua) and Ferrovías signed a cooperation agreement to establish the mechanisms that allow for the Metro Rail transportation system to be put into operation.
The tender act for the construction and operation of the Escuintla-Puerto Quetzal highway, in Guatemala, could take between October and December, and there are already five prequalified builders.
The National Agency for Alliances for Development (Anadie) has announced that they are in the process of revising the draft of the project, and that the tender could be launched at the end of the year, between October and December.
Between $950,000 and $1.3 million are the offers put forward by four consortiums of consultants in the tender to carry out a feasibility study for modernization of the airport.
Companies from the United States, Colombia and Mexico that make up the consortiums that presented their proposals in the tender to carry out the feasibility study: "Modernization, Efficiency and Security of the International Airport of Aurora".
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