2010-09-22

Costa Rica's public works ministry (MOPT) plans to begin giving out temporary permits to operate bus routes connecting different municipalities in San Jose province in December, local paper La Nacion reported.   The provisional, one-year permits will help test out the bus service with a view ...

2010-09-22

Panama's metro ministry will disburse US$100mn in funding to the future operator of Panama City's metro line 1 by year-end, local paper La Prensa reported.   The first US$100mn will be paid to the awardee in December, and another US$100mn will be disbursed in January 2011, according to metro ...

2010-09-22

Uruguay's public works and transport ministry (MTOP) plans to spend 3.4bn pesos (US$167mn) on infrastructure works during 2011, a ministry official told BNamericas.   The ministry will focus mainly on improving, repairing and expanding roads, as part of an overall plan to upgrade the country'...

2010-09-17

Peru's private investment promotion agency ProInversion will release the second draft of the Muelle Norte port terminal's concession contract on September 22.   Companies interested in the taking part in the tender will have until October 6 to submit observations regarding the document, the a...

2010-09-17

Panama's congress has approved US$9mn in funding for civil aviation authority AAC to spend on airport projects in northern Colon province and capital Panama City, AAC said in a release.   The authority will use US$6mn for preliminary studies on the Enrique Jimenez airport project in Colon pro...

2010-09-17

The Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez has opened the expanded San Cristobal-Bani highway in the country's southern region, the presidential website reported.   The project, which cost 2bn pesos (US$54.1mn), involved upgrading the highway and expanding it from two to four lanes, ...

2010-09-17

Colombian state power company ISA has finalized its acquisition of a 60% stake in highway concessionaire Cintra Chile from Spanish firm Ferrovial.   ISA made a single payment of 6.82mn UF (inflation-linked units, about US$296mn) for the purchase, the company said in release.   The agre...

2010-09-15

Brazil's Sao Paulo state transport agency Artesp has come under fire over its tender to concession the Sul and Leste (south and east) stretches of Sao Paulo's Rodoanel Mario Covas beltway.   Representatives from the private sector, financial institutions, concessionaires and other investors a...