2011-01-12

Argentine province Mendoza is spending 64mn pesos (US$16mn) to improve railroad infrastructure on the Metrotranvia urban rail system, according to a provincial government release.   Work is being carried out on a 12.5km stretch of the obsolete General San Martin railroad, from the central sta...

2011-01-12

Authorities in Panama City have begun reorganizing transport along the roads that form the Corredor Sur route of the Metrobus public transport system, according to a presidential release.   Modifications include implementing signal lights and exclusive Metrobus lanes near Via Israel exits dur...

2011-01-12

Brazilian infrastructure firm Triunfo Participaçoes e Investimentos (TPI) (Bovespa: TPIS3) said traffic on its highway concessions increased 10.8% during 2010 compared with the previous year.   Consolidated traffic volume for the year was 70,985 vehicles compared with 64,085 vehicles i...

2011-01-11

Uruguay's government aims to declare a private initiative to build a deepwater port in Rocha department of public interest during H1, an oficial from the presidential office told BNamericas.   Local firm Compañia Oriental de Desarrollo e Inversiones submitted the US$3.5bn private initi...

2011-01-11

Costa Rica's state refiner Recope has launched bidding to expand the Moin Caribbean terminal, which will cost an estimated US$92.3mn, according to company documents.   Offers are due March 28 and the winner will have 780 days to complete works and 200 days for adverse climatic conditions. &n...

2011-01-11

Mexican cement maker Cemex (NYSE: CX) is hoping to reach an agreement with the Venezuelan government regarding the nationalization of its local subsidiary Cemex Caracas in the near future.   Negotiations to reach an amicable settlement have made "constructive progress," Cemex said i...

2011-01-11

The Buenos Aires government has described the implementation of a free-flow electronic toll concession system on highways in the capital as a success.   The Aupass system, run by state-owned concessionaire AUSA, had attracted 20,000 users as of December 31, according to the Buenos Aires city ...

2011-01-10

Chile's public works ministry (MOP) expects to launch a tender for the first phase of region IV's Ovalle bypass project during Q1, regional MOP director Luis Cobo told BNamericas.   "The project's final designs have been completed and we are making small adjustments and some specific rev...