2010-04-19

Costa Rica's transport and public works ministry (MOPT) will finish expanding the highway connecting the cities of Alajuela and San Francisco de Heredia in March 2011, local paper La Nación reported.   Spanish firm FCC is carrying out the expansion, and began construction on February 2...

2010-04-19

Brazilian national development bank BNDES signed a memorandum of understanding with the three other development banks of the so-called BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) on Thursday (Apr 15) at the second annual summit of these countries in Brasília.   BNDES, Russia's Ban...

2010-04-19

The Colombian government has reached an agreement to add 150bn pesos (US$77.4mn) to the budget set for the country's Autopistas del Café highway network, local paper La República reported.   Works will be carried out along Pereira city's Sur-Sur stretch; the stretch connecting R...

2010-04-15

Argentine airport concessionaire Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 (AA2000) handled more passengers and cargo in 2009 compared to the previous year, and the trend is holding steady for the first three months of 2010, an official from AA2000 told BNamericas.   A total of 20.3mn passengers were regist...

2010-04-15

Bolivia's lower house has approved international funding worth US$120mn for water and infrastructure projects, government news agency ABI reported.   The funding includes a US$20mn IDB loan to expand access to potable water and sanitation services in areas just outside the country's main citi...

2010-04-15

Costa Rica's public works ministry MOPT plans to reactivate a project to implement suburban bus routes in capital San José, local paper Al Día reported.   The plan is being given priority by MOPT minister Francisco Jiménez, and is scheduled to start operating by mid-2011....

2010-04-15

Chilean capital Santiago's international airport will be fully rehabilitated by year-end, an official from the public works ministry's (MOP) concessions division told BNamericas.   The deadline to fix the damage caused by February's massive earthquake was set by MOP after discussing the plan ...

2010-04-13

The Uruguayan government will spend US$30mn to rehabilitate the Pintado-Rivera railway, the government reported in a release.   The initiative involves 422km of railroad, connecting Florida department's Pintado town to Rivera, the capital of the department of the same name, which is located o...