2010-02-25

São Paulo's metro line 4 will start to operate in April, the CFO of Brazilian tollroad operator CCR (Bovespa: CCRO3), Arthur Piotto Filho, told journalists during an online question and answer session.   ViaQuatro, which is part of the CCR group, holds the 30-year concession to operate...

2010-02-25

Ecuadorian city Cuenca, in Azuay province, has selected Spanish firm Transportes Metropolitanos de Barcelona (TMB) to carry out some of the pre-feasibility studies for the implementation of a tram system in the city, the municipal government reported in a release.   Representatives from Spain...

2010-02-25

Argentine President Cristina Fernández met with Chilean president-elect Sebastián Piñera to discuss infrastructure integration initiatives, among other issues, the Argentine foreign relations ministry said in a release.   The heads of state ratified the integration and co...

2010-02-23

Colombia's concessions institute Inco has launched the tender to concession the first section of the country's Transversal de las Américas highway, the entity reported in a release.   The contract involves the design, construction rehabilitation, expansion, improvement, maintenance and...

2010-02-23

Peruvian President Alan García has inaugurated rehabilitation work on the Nuevo Mocupe-Cayaltí-Oyotún highway in Lambayeque region, the transport and communications ministry (MTC) reported.   The improvements, costing some US$25.5mn, will reduce travel time on the 46.8km ...

2010-02-23

The IDB disbursed US$2.4bn in Brazil in 2009, up 146% from 2008, the multilateral said in a statement.   In total, US$3bn in financing was approved for 31 projects, the bank said.   State governments were the biggest beneficiaries of IDB's projects in Brazil, with 41% of the total fina...

2010-02-23

Panama's public works ministry (MOP) has invested US$3.9mn in roads, avenues, bridges and highways in Chiriquí province during the first seven months of the present administration, MOP said in a release.   A total of US$1.4mn were invested in David; while some US$647,000 were destined ...

2010-02-22

Honduran capital city Tegucigalpa will invest 255mn lempiras (US$13.5mn) to build five new overpasses, paper El Progreso reported.   Construction of four of the five overpasses will start this year with a budget of 189mn lempiras. The fifth overpass will be built in 2011.   The first o...