2010-07-30

The municipality of Guayaquil, capital of Ecuador's Guayas province, has launched a tender to build the first phase of a traffic interchange, which has an official reference price of US$18.5mn.   The interchange will be built on the Santa Narcisa de Jesus Martillo Moran highway, at the inters...

2010-07-30

Venezuelan transport and communication minister Francisco Garces has kicked off excavation work on line 5 of capital Caracas' metro system, which will require an investment of US$1.1bn.   Tunneling will be carried out 24 hours a day and is expected to be completed in 18 months, state news age...

2010-07-30

Panama's government has signed an MOU with Mexican construction firm ICA to purchase the Corredor Sur tollroad, the economy and finance ministry said in a release.   Authorities aim to sign another MOU shortly with Mexican firm PYCSA to go ahead with the purchase of the Corredor Norte tollroa...

2010-07-29

Brazil's special ports department (SEP) is planning to install vessel tracking radar systems worth 90mn reais (US$51mn) at three ports, national cargo transport association ABTC said in a release.   The systems, costing 30mn reais apiece, are expected to be operating at the ports of Santos (S...

2010-07-29

Peruvian capital Lima's new bus rapid transit (BRT) system, the Metropolitano, has begun charging passengers fares on its first route between Estacion Central and Matellini, according to metropolitan transport authority Protransporte.   The service operates an electronic payment system with f...

2010-07-29

Honduras' government will begin work on a highway rehabilitation project in El Paraiso, Yoro and Copan departments, which will require an investment of US$20mn.   The World Bank and IDB are financing the initiative, with counterpart funds from the national government, paper La Tribuna reporte...

2010-07-29

Brazilian mining major Vale (NYSE: VALE) will invest some US$7.8bn in logistics infrastructure in Maranhao state by 2015, national transport federation CNT reported in a release.   Work includes expanding the state's Carajas railroad and building a new dock at Ponta da Madeira port in Sao Lui...

2010-07-27

Guyana's government has awarded an US$8.6mn contract to local firm H. Nauth and Sons to rehabilitate the East and West Canje roads in East Berbice region, government information service GINA reported.   The initiative involves repairing and paving 11.7km of roadway using asphaltic concrete an...