2010-07-02

Chilean authorities are discussing possible solutions to an indefinite strike underway by mass transport system Transantiago bus operator Trans Araucarias, a transport ministry (MTT) official told BNamericas.   MTT officials are currently holding emergency meetings to discuss solutions allowi...

2010-07-02

Argentina's Entre Rios provincial government will begin a project to reactivate the passenger train service on the rail line connecting cities Parana and Federal, the provincial website reported.   The government will disburse funds to the municipalities along the rail line for a three-month ...

2010-07-02

Jamaica's house of representatives has approved a government guarantee of a US$340mn loan from the Export-Import Bank of China to support the national road maintenance fund (RMF), government information service JIS reported.   The funds will be used to finance highway projects under Jamaica d...

2010-06-30

Peru's transport and communications ministry (MTC) has informed private investment promotion agency ProInversion that the government will purchase five trains for capital Lima's light rail system.   The rolling stock will be paid for by the government and later made available to the eventual ...

2010-06-30

Ecuador's government has approved a US$60mn loan from the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) to finance roadworks in Guayas province's capital city Guayaquil, state newspaper El Ciudadano reported.   The project includes a traffic interchange on Santa Narcisa de Jesus Martillo Moran highway...

2010-06-30

Uruguay's national development corporation (CND) will work with the public works and transport ministry (MTOP) to promote public-private partnerships to boost infrastructure development, a CND official told BNamericas.   The two entities will analyze the projects expected to be carried out ov...

2010-06-30

Mexico's Durango state governor Ismael Hernandez has officially opened the new Par Vial Victoria interchange in Durango city, the state government website reported.   The 2km stretch of road runs over the city's Felipe Pescador avenue, and was built entirely from hydraulic concrete, Hernandez...

2010-06-28

Chile's state-owned rail firm EFE's new board of directors will focus on strategic multimodal development initiatives, a company official told BNamericas.   Upcoming projects are likely to involve port-highway-railway initiatives designed to increase Chile's cargo transport competitiveness. ...