2011-01-20

Latin American development bank CAF will allocate US$6bn to Colombia by end-2014 for public and private sector projects in areas such as infrastructure, transport and the environment, the bank said in a release.   The plans fall under Colombia's national development plan, according to CAF exe...

2011-01-20

A tender to build the US$13mn Corinto-Lislique-Anamoros stretch of El Salvador's Longitudinal del Norte highway has been awarded to local construction group Terrasal-Salazar Romero.   The 16km highway section, connecting several areas of La Union department, will be completed by May 2012, loc...

2011-01-20

Brazil's Rio-Sao Paulo-Campinas bullet train project could end up costing at least 40bn reais (US$24bn), the president of Sao Paulo's association of public works contractors (Apeop) Luciano Amadio Filho told BNamericas.   Apeop and a group of companies interested in building the high-speed tr...

2011-01-19

Spanish construction firm Acciona is considering the sale of its participation in two Chilean highway concessions, local daily El Mercurio reported.   The company controls 50% of the capital's Americo Vespucio Sur tollroad and the Red Litoral Central highway from Cartagena-Algarrobo, with Ebi...

2011-01-19

Brazilian and Uruguayan authorities will award the construction of a US$12mn binational bridge over the Yaguaron river by end-2011, a spokesperson from Uruguay's foreign relations ministry told BNamericas.   The tender is due to be launched in three months' time, Uruguayan foreign relations m...

2011-01-19

Brazil's national ground transport agency ANTT is planning a new highway concession model whereby concessionaires will receive regular government payments for road maintenance rather than charging users tolls.   The move aims to fund maintenance on roads with low traffic flow, where charging ...

2011-01-19

Uruguayan firm Montes del Plata will sign a contract for the construction of a port as part of a US$1.9bn pulp mill project in February, an official from the firm's communications division told BNamericas.   The firm is currently in talks with construction firms that are interested in buildin...

2011-01-18

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa and the transport and public works ministry (MTOP) have inaugurated a completed stretch of the El Cambio-Machala highway in El Oro province.   The 4km highway stretch, which is the main access road to provincial capital Machala, was upgraded and expanded to s...