2010-11-22

Brazil's northeastern Ceara state has been allocated 700mn reais (US$408mn) for projects to be carried out under phase II of the country's growth acceleration plan (PAC), the state government said in a release.   At the state level, a total of 455mn reais has been guaranteed for projects incl...

2010-11-22

Argentina's Salta province public works department has presented a 2011 budget of 349mn pesos (US$87.9mn) to the state legislature, the provincial government website reported.   The requested budget is more than double the 150mn pesos allocated for public works in 2010. The department has spe...

2010-11-22

Colombia's transport ministry (Mintransporte) is studying damage caused to the country's transport infrastructure by recent rain and floods, a ministry spokesperson told BNamericas.   The ministry has spent 72bn pesos (US$38.4mn) since June of this year to repair and clear up roads and highwa...

2010-11-19

Nicaragua's port authority EPN has met to negotiate terms with a consortium formed by two South Korean firms interested in investing in the construction of the Monkey Point deepwater port on the Atlantic.   The project will require an investment of some US$500mn, the presidential website repo...

2010-11-19

Bolivia's public works, services and housing ministry (MOPSV) is projecting an investment of US$250mn in highways to link northern Pando department capital Cobija with the Corredor al Norte highway.   Studies are currently underway for the El Porvenir-Puerto Rico-El Sena-Peña Amarilla-...

2010-11-19

Brazilian consortium Rodoserv Engenharia has been awarded a contract to build a new 23mn-real (US$13.4mn) cargo terminal at Sao Paulo state's Guarulhos international airport, a spokesperson for national airport authority Infraero told BNamericas.   The consortium is made up of the companies R...

2010-11-19

The Argentine and Uruguayan governments' agreement regarding environmental monitoring of the Uruguay river will facilitate a dredging project to improve navigability, the head of the river's administration commission (CARU), Gaston Silbermann, told BNamericas.   The plan, to be carried out jo...

2010-11-18

The Colombian government is considering a concessions model as an option to finance improvements along the Magdalena river, Claudia Martinez, an engineer at Magdalena river regulator Cormagdalena's sustainable development and navigability department, told BNamericas.   Authorities are evaluat...