2010-02-05

The Andean Development Corporation (CAF) is structuring urban highway concession projects in Colombian capital Bogotá, according to the country's mobility secretary, Fernando Álvarez.   CAF is carrying out a prefeasibility study to determine which model should be used to impleme...

2010-02-05

Spanish firm Prointec will present the final design of a dry port in Bolivia's Oruro department to government authorities next week, the company's consultancy director, Javier Fernández, told BNamericas.   The final report is scheduled to be approved on March 30, after which the Oruro ...

2010-02-05

The severe floods that hit Peru's Cuzco region last week caused damage totaling 680mn soles (US$238mn), according to regional governor Hugo Gonzales Sayán.   Having evaluated the costs of the disaster, local and regional government authorities will now begin carrying out reconstruction...

2010-02-04

Environmental issues reigned at the public hearings on the São Paulo-Rio-Campinas bullet train, according to Brazil's national ground transport agency (ANTT) supervisor Hélio Mauro França.   The latest hearings ran from December 18 to January 29.   The authority ha...

2010-02-04

Uruguayan president-elect José Mujica will continue the current government's plan to concession part of state-owned rail firm AFE's railways and services, an official from Mujica's team told BNamericas.   Mujica and members of his team have met with current authorities to discuss a num...

2010-02-04

Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has inaugurated the start of paving work on a 22km stretch of highway linking the Carayao and Cleto Romero communities in Caaguazú department, the presidential website reported.   Work is being carried out by local firm Inducon, and is expected to be ...

2010-02-04

Chile's state-owned Arica port administrator EPA has awarded a rail rehabilitation tender to the Chilean branch of Spanish firm Comsa, Comsa de Chile, even though the detailed engineering studies for the project have not been carried out yet, an official from state-owned rail firm EFE told BNamerica...

2010-02-04

Brazil's special ports department (SEP) head Pedro Brito presented Santos port's 15-year expansion plan which is based on the results of a study carried out by IDB, news service Agência Estado reported.   According to the plan, the port will triple in size by 2025. Container handling wi...