2010-07-27

Panama's public works ministry (MOP) has received four bids in a tender to rehabilitate roads in Panama province's western region, the ministry said in a release.   The lowest bid was presented by a consortium comprised of Mexican firm Excavaciones del Istmo and Panama's Constructora Rodsa fo...

2010-07-27

Ecuador's transport and public works ministry (MTOP) is investing almost US$100mn in the La Mana-Latacunga highway, connecting the country's Costa and Sierra regions.   During a work inspection, President Rafael Correa said the highway will be part of the Manta-Manaos multimodal corridor, whi...

2010-07-27

Mexico's Durango state governor Ismael Hernandez Deras has inaugurated a four-lane beltway connecting the Zacatecas and Mezquital highways in state capital Durango.   Construction of the beltway and its junction with the Zacatecas highway, which will be opened August 15, required an investmen...

2010-07-26

Chile's public works ministry (MOP) expects to review the Farellones highway concession project, connecting capital Santiago to ski centers Farellones, Valle Nevado and La Parva, by mid-2011, an official from the ministry's concessions division told BNamericas.   Public works minister Hernan ...

2010-07-26

Mexico's transport and communications ministry (SCT) has started the first phase of a project to rehabilitate two major roadways damaged by Hurricane Alex in Nuevo Leon state capital Monterrey.   The ministry has released some 500mn pesos (US$39.2mn) to fund the first phase of work to normali...

2010-07-26

The board of governors of IDB has agreed after a 60-day voting period on the financial terms for its historic US$70bn increase of the bank's ordinary capital.   The agreement calls for the capital increase to be subscribed over a five-year period beginning in 2011, IDB said in a press release...

2010-07-26

Brazil's Rio de Janeiro city hall is planning to launch a 3.5bn-real (US$1.96bn) tender for phase II of its Porto Maravilha city renovation project during the first week of August, city development secretary Felipe Goes told BNamericas.   Funded through federal unemployment insurance fund FGT...

2010-07-21

Uruguay's new government structure is likely to lead to a boost in public works projects, an official from the municipal government of Montevideo (IMM) told BNamericas.   Following a new law approved in 2009, the May municipal elections for the first time called for the election of district g...