As a result of the health and economic crisis affecting the country, the government decided to cut the budget assigned to municipalities by $71 million to finance maintenance work on the cantonal road network.
Due to the spread of covid-19, the country is going through a crisis that is reflected in the drop in economic activity, which in April 2020 registered a -9.3% year-on-year variation in its monthly index.
The Municipality of Limon in Costa Rica tenders the supply of 5,500 tons of asphalt mix and 50,000 liters of asphalt emulsion, including transportation and installation.
In Panama, the Ministry of Health approved the Ministry of Public Works to reactivate work on 11 road construction projects.
The announcement was made formally after Health Minister Rosario Turner informed Rafael Sabonge's Public Works Minister that the construction projects could be reactivated.
During 2019, 124 environmental impact studies were presented to develop street rehabilitation, construction and road expansion projects in Central American countries.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", of the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, includes an updated list of public and private constructionprojects that present environmental impact studies (EIS) to the respective institutions in each country.
The Ministry of Communications tenders the replacement works of the road section of Route CA-11 that goes from the CA-10 Fork Vado Hondo to Jocotan, in the department of Chiquimula.
In Costa Rica, Puentes y Calzadas Grupo de Empresas was awarded the contract to build the new overpass at the La Bandera roundabout in the country's capital.
The construction of this work in La Bandera, which will involve 1100 meters in length, is scheduled to begin this year, if no appeals are filed, reported the Ministry of Public Works.
The Costa Rican government assures that the road infrastructure projects are being executed according to the established schedule and that the announced plans for the next few months remain in place.
Directors of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT), reported that in the context of the health crisis and with the aim of reviving the economy, it is essential that the planned road works are carried out.
Due to the health alert facing Costa Rica, the China Harbor Engineering Company decided to lay off 180 employees working on the Route 32 expansion project, which has already fallen behind on previous occasions.
In December 2019, it was reported that the Asian construction company asked the National Road Council (Conavi) for a 400-day extension to deliver the 107-kilometer extension, which connects the Rio Frio intersection with downtown Limon. However, authorities only agreed to delay it by 174 days, so the work would be delivered no later than March 2021.
Panama's Ministry of Public Works is tendering the rehabilitation of agricultural production roads in the provinces of Cocle, Herrera, Los Santos, Panama West, Colon, Bocas del Toro and Veraguas.
Panama Government Purchase 2020-0-09-0-99-LV-006314:
The Ministry of Public Works of Panama tenders the rehabilitation works of the road section from Las Tablas to Las Delicias, in the province of Bocas del Toro.
Panama Government Purchase 2020-0-09-0-01-LV-006334:
Hernan Solis SRL and Ingenieria Estrella S.A. won the contract to widen 50 kilometres of the road from Barranca to Limonal, and 3 kilometres from La Angostura, between El Roble and Barrio El Carmen, in the province of Puntarenas.
The works on the Interamericana Norte will last 30 months, from the start order, while the extension of La Angostura should be ready in a 12 months’ period, informed the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT).
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