2010-05-27

The Dominican Republic's public transport reorganization authority Opret is likely to declare void a tender to build and operate line 2 of capital Santo Domingo's metro system, a government official told BNamericas.   "It's possible that the metro tender will be declared void," the ...

2010-05-27

Standard & Poor's has raised its outlook on the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (Cabei) to positive from stable after its shareholders agreed to provide the bank with US$195mn in new capital.   Each of the bank's shareholders - including the governments of Costa Rica, Nicar...

2010-05-27

Uruguay's public works and transport ministry (MTOP) and capital Montevideo's municipal authorities (IMM) are taking longer than expected to implement the smart card system (STM) on the city's mass transport network, an official from the national union of transport workers (Unott), told BNamericas. ...

2010-05-24

Mexico City's new Supervía Poniente highway is "indispensable" for solving traffic congestion in the capital, according to urban development and housing ministry (Seduvi) head Felipe Leal.   At a meeting with residents of ...

2010-05-24

El Salvador's maritime ports authority AMP will discuss and approve the tariffs to be charged at the La Unión port by next week, an official from AMP told BNamericas.   "AMP's board of directors will meet on Monday [May 24] to discuss and approve or reject the tariff policy. Techn...

2010-05-24

IDB has launched an international consultancy tender for a new bridge over the Paraná river, Paraguay's public works and communications ministry (MOPC) reported on its website.   The consultancy is worth US$450,000, and involves drawing up designs for the bridge and its access roads, a...

2010-05-24

Panamanian authorities are scheduled to place their side of the bailey bridge over the Sixaola river, connecting Costa Rica and Panama, before end-May, an official from Costa Rica's national road council Conavi told BNamericas.   "Panama has until end-May to install its side of the bridg...

2010-05-19

Uruguayan private pension fund managers (AFAPs) are looking to invest in new highway, railway and port infrastructure initiatives, an official from the country's presidential office told BNamericas.   Last week, the government submitted a bill to congress that, if approved, will enable AFAPs ...