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.
Since the beginning of the week at least 500 cargo trucks from Central American countries have been unable to get around a blockade in the department of Carazo.
Although businessmen in the sector claim to have enough supplies to meet demand in the agricultural cycle, the crisis in Nicaragua is causing problems in the transportation of goods.
Distributors of agrochemicals report that due to the political crisis and the multiple closures and demonstrations on roads in the country, the main challenge they face is the transporting products to different areas of the country.
Due to the protests that continue to affect the country, the transporters union has made the decision to remove all of its units from circulation on the streets as of this week.
From the beginning of this week the Association of Nicaraguan Transporters (ATN), which brings together around 17,500 truckheads and 50,000 trucks of between 4.6 and 8 tons, reported that due to the crisis it is impossible to transit through the country.
Guatemalan exporters and authorities at Puerto Santo Tomas de Castilla are working together to find solutions to the congestion affecting the port terminal.
The Department of Competitiveness at the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (Agexport) and representatives of the port terminal started holding meetings last week to develop a road map, which will focus on improving traceability of cargo and the clearance of merchandise.
In 2017, 6 million tons of natural gas passed through the interoceanic route, and by 2020 this figure could rise to 30 million tons.
Explained by an increase in supply in the US deposits and of reserves in Australia, the Panama Canal Authority estimates that in the next three years natural gas traffic could grow fivefold compared to the amount reported in 2017.
In 2017, ports in Guatemala recorded cargo movements of 27.9 million metric tons, exceeding the 26.4 million reported in 2016 by 5%.
According to figures from the National Port Commission, for the years 2016 and 2017, Puerto Santo Tomás de Castilla was the terminal that recorded the largest increase in cargo movement, with 9%, followed by Puerto Barrios with 6% and Puerto Quetzal with 4%.
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 pre-feasibility study for the new master network includes estimates of future demand up to 2040, and recommendations on the location of stations for lines 2A, 4 and 5.
The study recommends starting with Line 2A, as this would complete Line 2 and would significantly ease the exchange at San Miguelito and Line 1, by giving users the opportunity to head to the city center through Ave.
Volaris Costa Rica has announced that as of March 2018, flights will start operating between San Jose and the cities of Los Angeles, New York and Washington.
The airline explained that it will operate a San Jose-Los Angeles flight on Thursdays and Sundays and a Los Angeles-San Jose flight on Mondays and Fridays, both routes via El Salvador.There will also be flights connecting these two cities via Guatemala, but they will be Saturdays and Sundays.
In Panama, the livestock sector is opposed to regulations which, from December 28, will require special insurance to be taken out for damages to third parties when transporting livestock overland.
The main complaint of livestock farmers is the cost overrun that this new insurance will imply, since according to estimates made by the union, once Law 51 enters into force, "...Moving 20 cattle from the province of Darién to Las Tablas would cost $400."
The Municipality of Villa Nueva is calling on companies who are interested in the concession, for a period of 25 years, of the first Municipal Line of the Public Air Transport Service by Cable Car.
The Metro authorities are considering the possibility of extending Line 3 to Costa Verde, in the district of La Chorrera, instead of to Ciudad del Futuro, in Arraiján, as originally planned.
The executive secretary of the Panama Metro, Roberto Roy, told Prensa.com that the idea is to build an interchange at Costa Verde, province of La Chorrera.If the plan comes to fruition, Line 3 will go all the way to the province of La Chorrera and not just to Arraiján.
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