2010-10-06

Chile's transport and telecommunications ministry (MTT) and local concessionaire Alsacia have inaugurated a fleet of 43 new buses for capital Santiago's mass transport system, Transantiago.   The new buses, which measure 12m and carry 101 passengers, cost some US$10mn, MTT reported on its web...

2010-10-06

Colombia's national planning department (DNP) is working with the transport ministry and the private sector to draw up a five-port development plan for the next four years, a DNP official told BNamericas.   The five port development projects will be carried out over the 2011-2014 period and i...

2010-10-06

Uruguay's cargo transport and logistics sector is using electronic toll collection devices (TAGs) to manage vehicle fleets and control flow, the operations manager of Uruguay's state-owned highway concessionaire Corporacion Vial (CVU), Cesar Freire, told BNamericas.   CVU has gradually implem...

2010-10-05

Peru's private investment promotion agency ProInversion has extended the prequalification deadline for the concession of line 1 of capital Lima's electric train system until October 13.   The agency now expects to announce prequalified firms on October 26, state news service Andina reported, ...

2010-10-05

Uruguay's public works and transport ministry (MTOP) has requested a 4.2bn-peso (US$207mn) budget for 2011, an official from the ministry's planning division told BNamericas.   The proposed budget aims to cover the ministry's operating costs and investments in roads and highways, fluvial navi...

2010-10-05

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a consultancy tender to help support port sector development in Haiti to US firm Infotel International.   The US$65,000 consultancy aims to help identify potential port sector projects in Haiti and determine whether the agency should pro...

2010-10-05

Chile's public works minister (MOP) Hernan de Solminihac has officially relaunched work on the Ruta 160 highway in region VIII, which had been suspended following the earthquake that hit the area in late February.   The new route will require an investment of US$310mn and will consist of 85km...

2010-10-04

Costa Rica's public works and transport ministry (MOPT) has said it will spend 7.7bn colones (US$15.2mn) to repair public infrastructure that was damaged by heavy rain in September, local paper La Nacion reported.   Several bridges and 34 of the country's main highways present damage due to l...