2010-06-04

Costa Rica's public works and transportation ministry (MOPT) has ordered concessionaire Autopistas del Sol to present a plan to address problems on Caldera highway, MOPT reported on its website.   Falling rocks and other material have caused several accidents on the US$230mn San Jose-Caldera ...

2010-06-04

Ecuador's national assembly has ratified the treaty it signed last year creating the Banco del Sur regional development bank, becoming the second country to do so after Venezuela.   The bank has an approved capital stock worth US$20bn, though founding member countries Ecuador, Venezuela, Arge...

2010-06-04

Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht is scheduled to start building the second stretch of the Panama-Colon toll highway in June, according to deputy public works (MOP) minister Ivan De Ycaza.   The US$218mn highway stretch will run from Quebrada Lopez to Cuatro Altos, and is the final phase ...

2010-06-02

Chilean authorities considered pushing back the opening of state-owned Metro company's line 5 extension following the earthquake that hit the country in late February, an official from Chile's transport and telecommunications ministry (MTT) told BNamericas.   Construction work began in 2006 a...

2010-06-02

Argentina's Formosa province has awarded a tender to rehabilitate a stretch of the Belgrano railroad to firms BTU Sociedad Anonima and Luis Zonys, local paper La Nacion reported.   The 30km section connects cities Belgrano and Mariano Boedo and is the first step in a project to reactivate the...

2010-06-02

El Salvador's public works ministry (MOP) has requested US$13.6mn in funding from IDB to build a highway connecting northern Chalatenango department with La Libertad department's Zapotitan district.   MOP has already completed the highway's design and technical studies, according to public wo...

2010-06-02

A new law regulating public-private investment is essential for the concession of a second container terminal in Uruguayan capital Montevideo, an official from the country's national port authority (ANP) told BNamericas.   Authorities are currently drawing up a bill to modify the country's le...

2010-05-27

Although a total of 41 companies from 10 different countries had initially expressed interest in Panama City's Metrobus tender, only three national and international consortiums presented bids, a government official told BNamericas, confirming local press reports.   Panamanian-Colombian conso...