2009-11-24

The impact of climate change is forcing authorities to redefine schedules in the initiative for the integration of regional infrastructure in South America (IIRSA), an official from Uruguay's transport and public works ministry (MTOP), who is involved in IIRSA schedule ...

2009-11-24

Colombia's aviation authority Aerocivil will in 10 days determine the investment to be made by the concessionaire of a six-airport concession package that will be launched for tender in December, an official from the entity's tenders division told BNamericas.   The authority is still working ...

2009-11-24

Panama's public works ministry (MOP) is spending 7.78mn balboas (US$7.78mn) on bridge and highway repairs in Chiriquí province, the ministry reported on its website.   Works cover a 15.8km stretch of the Ruta Sur highway between Santa Rita de Boquerón and Potrerillos Abajo, and ...

2009-11-23

Mexico will spend an estimated US$226bn on 480 infrastructure projects over the next three years, which will be financed through public-private partnerships (PPPs), according to finance minister Agustín Carstens.   The transport and communications ministry (SCT) presented the portfolio...

2009-11-23

Government officials from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile are working together to plan rail integration initiatives, an official from Chile's foreign relations ministry told BNamericas.   Public works (MOP), transport and foreign ministry officials are coordinating the administrative and...

2009-11-23

The Argentine congress has unanimously approved a bilateral treaty that was signed by Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and her Argentine counterpart Cristina Fernández on October 30.   The agreement includes a complementary protocol for the creation of a binational entity to develop...

2009-11-23

The tender for a public service provision (PPS) project to build the second phase of the Macrobús bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Mexico's Jalisco state capital Guadalajara will be launched in January 2010, state government spokesperson Odin Padilla told BNamericas.   The total cost ...

2009-11-20

A consortium led by Spanish construction firm CAF is likely to win the contract to build and operate line 3 of Mexico valley's suburban rail system, after submitting the only offer in the tender process.   The transport and communications ministry (SCT) received a technical offer from a conso...