2010-10-08

El Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones (MOPC) de Paraguay presentará antes de mediados de octubre al Congreso un proyecto de ley para concesionar el aeropuerto Silvio Pettirossi de la capital, Asunción, dijo a BNamericas el coordinador conjunto de la Unidad de Proyecto...

2010-10-08

El Gobierno uruguayo planea licitar el primer trimestre del 2011 el mantenimiento y la operación de las carreteras nacionales 21 y 24, dijo a BNamericas el gerente de evaluación de proyectos de la Corporación Nacional para el Desarrollo (CND), Marcelo Pérez.   &quo...

2010-10-08

El puerto de Santos, en el estado brasileño de São Paulo, presentará un nuevo plan logístico a fin de año con el objeto de controlar mejor el movimiento de carga, medida diseñada para combatir los cuellos de botella, dijo a BNamericas un vocero de la autorid...

2010-10-07

Construction of the much debated line 6 of Chilean capital Santiago's Metro system will go ahead, according to President Sebastian Piñera.   The line 6 project, linking the districts of Cerrillos and Vitacura, is in the development phase and the government also plans to build line 3 of...

2010-10-07

The Uruguayan government expects to carry out a tender to concession a second container terminal at capital Montevideo's port in 2014, the project evaluation manager of the country's national development corporation (CND), Marcelo Perez, told BNamericas.   The government will draw up new bidd...

2010-10-07

Brazil needs to improve its transportation infrastructure to support the economic growth it is experiencing, according to a report by Moody's on the key trends and challenges of increasing infrastructure investments in the country.   The favorable economic environment has attracted both domes...

2010-10-07

Mexico's federal district (DF) government has temporarily suspended its plans to extend line 2 of the city's Metrobus bus rapid transit (BRT) system, local paper El Universal reported.   DF mayor Marcelo Ebrard has said the execution of the project will depend on the disbursal of extra fundin...

2010-10-06

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has approved funding for six highway projects in central northern Guarico state, worth more than 317mn bolivares (US$73.6mn, officially) in total.   Some 220mn bolivares will be spent on repairs to the 50km highway connecting state capital San Juan de Los Mor...