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New San José - Caldera Highway
Construction Stalled Again
If you are planning a trip from
San José on the San José-Caldera
highway - the new road
connecting the Central Valley to
the Pacific coast - better put
aside your plans for a little
while longer.
The Banco Centroamericano de
Integración Económica (BCIE) has
said it will continue to be a
participant in the financing of
the construction of the new
highway but the start of
construction will have to be
postponed until at least April
as the institution finalizes
details of the project.
Following two decades of
waiting, Costa Ricans will have
to wait a little longer to be
able to see the project to
completion.
The new highway will cost some
us$200 million dollars, of which
the BCIE is picking up us$160
million and the balance coming
from the Caja Madrin in Spain.
Alfredo Ortuño, BCIE president
in Costa Rica, explained that
the magnitude of the project
required a new analysis for the
financing. The next seven weeks
will give the financial
institution the time to calmly
evaluate the advances in the
project and the projections for
its completion.
Come April the first crews will
begin working on the San José
(from the Gimnasio Naciona) to
Ciudad Colón leg of the project,
which should take up most of the
next 24 months.
The project start was last year,
as signs along the Parque La
Sabana were erected to tell
drivers of the pending work
ahead. But, without explanations
nothing happened.
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