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832 KM Of Roads To be Repaired
A major part of the "red vial
nacional" - national road
network - will soon be pothole
free, as the Consejo Nacional de
Vialidad (Conavi), will be
focuing its attention to 852
kilometres of road that in bad
to poor condition.
According to the ministra de
Transportes, Karla González, the
selection of the roads to be
repaired is based on a
investigation by the Conavi
engineers. The roads to get
priority attention are those in
the poorest of condition and in
some cases, as the ministra put
it, forgotten about.
The investment in repairing the
roads will be ¢2.6 billion
colones (us$5 million dollars).
"The work will be mainly to
resurface (pave) the roads and
should be completed by the
middle of this year", said
González, who stressed the need
to repair the roads.
González added that her ministry
will demand quality materials to
be used in the paving, which is
spelled in the contracts signed
with various construction and
paving firms.
Some of the roads that in dire
need of repairs are the route
241 Porvenir-Puerto Jiménez,
Turrialba between La Suiza-Tres
Equis and Platanillo-Bajo
Pacuare, route 755 between Jesús
María-Cambalache. In addition
roads between Playa Naranjo and
Paquera and the Pacific Cental
roads of Angostura-Llanada del
Cacao stretch,
Minister González said that if
the work is carried correctly,
the life of the work could be
more than two years, which the
minister added, those roads will
require regular maintenance
during that period.
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