The Central American Bank for Economic Integration will execute a non-reimbursable Technical Cooperation to carry out studies to identify the feasibility of developing the railway network of Line 5 of the Panama Subway.
The non-reimbursable Technical Cooperation amounts to $630,000 and was recently approved by the Republic of Korea within the framework of the CABEI-Korea Sole Donor Trust Fund (KTF), according to an official statement.
A tender was announced to execute the studies that will be used to determine the feasibility of the development of the railroad network for cargo and passengers, included in the Pacific Train Project.
In a press conference, the Autonomous Executive Port Commission (Cepa) informed that through the technical cooperation in the bidding process, an analysis of the demand for rail service for cargo and passengers within the country will be carried out, and recommendations will be provided regarding the use of technologies and optimal alternatives for an efficient rail network and the appropriate systems to connect identified segments within the country.
After several complaints filed in the bidding process for the design and construction of Metro Line 3, the authorities decided to dismiss the allegations made by the ACPC Consortium and the company China Railway Group Limited.
In December 2019, it was announced that the report of the evaluation board had been partially annulled and the committee was instructed to conduct a new analysis of the proposals of HPH Joint Venture and China Railway Group.
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.
To cover the demand projected by the transport sector for the 2016-2030 period, around 2.2% of GDP should be invested in infrastructure, but Central American countries allocate, on average, 1.8% of GDP.
According to the study "Achievements and Challenges of Central American Integration: ECLAC Contributions", between 2008 and 2015 Panama was the country that reported the highest average investment during the period in transportinfrastructure with 3.68% of its GDP, followed by Honduras with 2.21% and Nicaragua with 1.99%.
After having stopped the process because of an action proposed by one of the participating consortiums, the authorities decided to lift the suspension of the tender for the design and construction of the branch that will connect the future ITSE with the international airport of Tocumen.
The tender was suspended at the beginning of November because of an action presented to the General Directorate of Public Contracting (Dgcp) by Consorcio Línea Aeropuerto, in which it requested the designation of a new commission to evaluate technical proposals, the partial annulment of the report of the evaluating commission and a new analysis of its technical proposal.
A proposal has been made to build an elevated monorail metro system, which would use three circuits with a 40 kilometers lenght to connect the city from La Sabana to Curridabat.
The government of Costa Rica wants to develop the project with the help of a private partner, who would contribute $1.3 billion for construction, among other things, of the new railway, wiring, tunnels and monitoring systems.
The project to build a rapid train service connecting Alajuela to Cartago, and which would fix the transportation problem affecting the Greater Metropolitan Area, requires a total investment of close to $2 billion, of which $1.3 billion would have to be contributed by a private company, through means of a concession for both the construction and operation of the line.
The electric train planned for development in Costa Rica would cover a length of 80 kilometers of track, and the physical infrastructure of the project alone would have an estimated cost of $1.353 million.
At the end of December 2017 the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles presented an Environmental Impact Study (EIA) to build an electric traintransport system in the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM). The project is called "Tren rápido de pasajeros" (Fast passenger train).
The Chinese government has confirmed that it will finance a feasibility study to build a freight and passenger train connecting the Panamanian capital with the border of Costa Rica.
Through the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, financing will be provided for analysis on the feasibility, benefits, main technical parameters, estimated investment, risk factors, and other components for a railway system that will connect the provinces of Panama and Chiriqui.
With $40 million from the state insurer, the Costa Rican Railway Institute could bring back into issue the railway line from Río Frío de Sarapiquí to the port of Limón.
Although the efficiency in the planning and execution of projects is not something that Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles is famous for, the initiative to restore the railroad and reimplement the container transport service from the port of Limón to Río Frio could, if it finally materializes, help improve the damaged reputation of the state run railway company.
A tender is being launched for field works for the validation of the study of "Road interconnection and urban rail passenger transport north-south axis in Guatemala City."
It has been announced that the company China Railway Company is studying whether it would be feasible to reactivate a passenger train service between San Salvador and the area of Sitio del Niño, in the municipality of San Juan Opico.
Authorities at the Executive Port Commission (CEPA) explained that the studies that were started during the previous administration with the Spanish company Tramrail have not been completed, and now it is the company China Railway Company which is analyzing the feasibility of the project.
Although the funds are not yet available, nor is there legislative authority to borrow, the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles has announced that it intends to acquire 8 trains.
An article on Crhoy reports that "...Guillermo Santana, CEO of Incofer, said the new units will have to comply with national railway infrastructure conditions, for which reason the rolling stock must be modified by the manufacturer and will take longer to arrive. "
Three years after the first attempt, the government has announced that the railway project estimated at $200 million will be tendered in 2017 under a public-private partnership scheme.
In 2013 the National Agency for Partnerships for Economic Infrastructure Development (ANADIE) had tried to tender the design and construction of an urban passenger train and a railway terminal, however, it never materialized. Now the government of President Jimmy Morales has taken up the project under the same scheme of a public-private partnership, only evaluating the work at $200 million and not $350 million as projected previously. Diario de Centroamerica reported that the initiative will be presented to Congress.
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