Panama: Construction of Transport TerminalsMonday, July 6, 2015 The Mayoral office of Arraijan is looking for financing and companies to build eight public transport terminals in each of its districts, in areas of at least two hectares. "...According to Ceferino Camaño, president of a Burunga internal route, these terminals are necessary if you take into account that there are plans for the arrival of the Panama Metro to Arraiján. " Transport: More Infrastructure Investment NeededTuesday, April 23, 2019 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 transport infrastructure with 3.68% of its GDP, followed by Honduras with 2.21% and Nicaragua with 1.99%. Tender for Works at Transport TerminalFriday, December 19, 2014 The government of El Salvador has received the backing of the InterAmerican Development Bank for a second tender to finish building a terminal for an urban transport system in Soyapango. With the aim of finishing the remaining 49% of the terminal for the Integrated Transport System in the Metropolitan Area of San Salvador (SITRAMSS), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved the hiring of another company through means of invitation to bid and price comparison and the whole process is expected to take at least 30 days. Guatemala: Details of the Urban Cable CarWednesday, June 21, 2017 The air transport system will have 288 gondolas, 10 stations and will have to carry least 5,500 to 6,000 passengers per hour. The Municipality of Guatemala has endorsed the project to grant in concession the construction, administration and operation of the "Aerometro" cable system, Phase I. More Underground Parking PlannedMonday, September 29, 2014 The Mayor of Panama is considering the construction of underground parking lots underneath the Metro stations. In order to encourage the use of public transport in a city where there is still a shortage of parking spaces, the director of Urban Planning at the Municipality of Panama, Manuel Trute told Panamaamerica.com.pa that "... analysis is being carried out on building parking lots below Metro stations. " Feasibility of a Subway in Costa RicaThursday, September 18, 2014 A group of engineers and experts from the construction sector have initiated studies to determine the feasibility of building a Metro in the capital. The commission will examine the project which is being run by the Association of Engineers and Architects of Costa Rica (CFIA), whose director, Olman Vargas, noted that "... the concept is initially evaluating the construction of a subway carrying passengers from west to east (Pavas-Curridabat) and north-south (Guadalupe-Desamparados). " Public transport: $28 million investmentMonday, October 8, 2018 The Government of Guatemala announced that it expects to invest next year in Line 7 of the Transmetro system, which will have a total fleet of 35 buses and 32 stations. The Direction of Urban Mobility of the Guatemalan Government presented a $28 million estimate for the project to implement the Transmetro route that will cover from the Mariano Galvez University in zone 2 to the University of San Carlos in zone 12, which will cross the Peripherical. Call for Expressions of Interest: Study on Public TransportWednesday, November 22, 2017 The Latin American Development Bank is calling for expressions of interest to carry out a feasibility study on the public transport system in the center of Panama City. Public Purchase LAIF 202061471: International Tender: Public Transport SystemThursday, July 25, 2019 In Honduras, the construction of underground tunnels and the station of the public transport system BTR of Tegucigalpa city is tendered. Honduras Government Purchase BRT-250-LPI-O-AMDC-BID-OFID-02-19: Another Attempt to Build a MetroFriday, November 9, 2018 In Guatemala, it is proposed to develop an underground metro that would connect in its initial phase the municipality of Mixco with Zone 15 of the capital and would require a $700 million investment. The new project proposed is in addition to the several proposals and attempts that have been made to implement a mass transportation system in the metropolitan area of Guatemala, which resolves at once the serious problem of road congestion affecting the capital. Thus, in addition to the Metro Riel project and the urban cable cars between Mixco, Villa Nueva and the capital, a new initiative has now been added to build an underground train. Costa Rica: Port Works BlockedTuesday, March 1, 2016 In Costa Rica the will of the state to impose the rule of law against the de facto power exercised by any conglomerate continues to shrink. The concessionaire APM Terminals has reported losses of up to $200,000 a day because of blockades by truckers who are obstructing the route to the construction site for the container terminal in Moin. A Metro System for San JoséThursday, April 6, 2017 Three underground railway lines with a large central exchange station is the basic concept for a project valued at $6 billion. The Costa Rican College of Engineers and Architects (CFIA) started work on this project in 2014 and has now submitted it to the Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MOPT), in the form of a pre-feasibility study. Suspension Lifted on Metro TenderMonday, November 26, 2018 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. Guatemala: City Rail Proposal RevisitedWednesday, March 30, 2016 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. Metro: Feasibility Study AnnouncedTuesday, March 19, 2019 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. |
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