2010-02-17

Fomilenio, the El Salvadorian chapter of the US Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), expects construction work on the 4C stretch of the Longitudinal del Norte highway to begin in April, a Fomilenio official told BNamericas.   On February 15, Fomilenio opened bids for the construction of th...

2010-02-17

Guyana, in collaboration with the government of India, has finished a feasibility study for the construction of a deepwater harbor, state information agency GINA reported on its website.   The study indicated the port should be built in the Berbice region since the water has the necessary dep...

2010-02-17

The Honduran transport authority will implement changes to the country's transport system within the next three months, local paper El Heraldo reported.   More than 40% of the current urban bus fleet or approximately 2,400 buses will be replaced with new vehicles.   "We are going ...

2010-02-17

The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) is sending a delegation to Paraguay to consider funding the second phase of capital Asunción's Costanera highway, the municipality of Asunción reported on its website.   "That so many firms have shown interest in carrying out the wor...

2010-02-17

IDB and the Ecuadorian government will sign a loan contract for US$350mn to develop road and transport infrastructure, said Ecuadorian finance minister Elsa Viteri, local press reported.   The loan is part of US$1bn in financing offered to Ecuador by IDB last year.   At the same time, ...

2010-02-17

Colombia's national economic and social policy council Conpes has approved the inclusion of the Sisga-El Secreto highway concession in an existing concession contract, an official from the country's concessions institute INCO told BNamericas.   The 78km stretch will be included in the concess...

2010-02-17

Haiti's reconstruction will cost between US$8bn and US$14bn, according to a new study by IDB.   The resources will be invested in rebuilding road, homes, schools and other infrastructure, the bank said in a release.   A detailed accounting of the cost of reconstruction will emerge in c...

2010-02-11

Guyana's government will spend G$7.6bn (US$36.8mn) in 2010 to improve the country's road and bridge network, state information agency GINA reported on its website.   Of the total, G$5.2bn will be allocated to roads and G$2.4bn to bridges.   Another G$1bn will be spent to build 35km of ...