2010-09-15

Paraguay's public works and communications ministry (MOPC) will submit a bill to congress this month to concession capital Asuncion's Silvio Pettirossi airport, public works and transport minister Efrain Alegre told BNamericas.   The government is currently completing a draft of the bill, whi...

2010-09-15

The Central American Secretariat for Economic Integration (Sieca) plans to develop new infrastructure maintenance and reconstruction regulations for the Central American region, Guatemalan paper Prensa Libre reported.   The new law will be studied by transport ministries in Sieca member count...

2010-09-15

Private investment in Peru's infrastructure has risen to US$5.66bn with the recent assignation of new concessions, according to transport regulator Ositran.   Concessioned projects such as a package of six regional airports in the south of the country and stretch II of the IIRSA Centro highwa...

2010-09-14

Argentina's northeastern Entre Rios province aims to begin upgrading the Parana-Concordia highway by year-end, a local government spokesperson told BNamericas.   Tenders are currently underway to widen and improve the 280km highway. Bids for the project, which is expected to cost some 1.75bn ...

2010-09-14

Jamaica's transport and works ministry has officially launched the Trelawny and St Ann parish sections of its J$36bn (US$423mn) national development infrastructure program (JDIP).   In Trelawney, work will begin in three weeks' time, while the St Ann leg should kick off between September and ...

2010-09-14

Colombia's national government will present its proposed 2011 budget to congress later this month, including an allocation of 4.7tn pesos (US$2.6bn) for transport, an official from the transport ministry's (Mintransporte) planning division told BNamericas. ...

2010-09-14

Venezuela's government has signed an agreement with Swiss cement firm Holcim regarding the nationalization of the firm's local assets in June 2008.   Under the agreement, Holcim will receive US$650mn in compensation from the government, state news agency AVN reported.   The firm will a...

2010-09-10

Brazilian port logistics company Wilson, Sons (Bovespa: WSON11) plans to kick off work on the expansion of its Ponta Norte terminal area in Bahia state's Salvador port in September, a company spokesperson told BNamericas.   "[Special ports department] SEP has announced a start date of Se...