San Sebastián Underpass
To Be Ready By Month's
End
In two weeks, the
construction work on the
San Sebastián underpass
will be completely
finished, according to
estimates by the
Ministerio de Obras
Públicas y Transportes (MOPT).
Currently, the underpass
is open to only two
lanes of traffic instead
of the six when the road
construction is
finished.
The intersection has
gone a major overhaul as
daily traffic on the
Circunvalación (ring
road) on the south of
side of San José has
increased dramatically
over the year and the "rotondas"
were never intended to
handle such volume of
traffic.
Work on the San
Sebastián rotonda began
in January 2006 and was
to have been completed
by October 2007.
The MOPT estimates that
the underpass will
greatly reduce traffic
back ups at the
intersection that sees
some 70.000 vehicles
daily. The vice-minister
of the MOPT, Pedro
Castro, said that the
construction company has
until March to hand over
the completed project.
The construction project
is being supported
financially by the
Corporación Andina de
Proyectos with ¢300
million colones and is
one of two projects
Andina is sponsoring,
the next being the
construction of an
underpass at the Paso
Ancho rotonda, which
should be completed by
early 2010.
The first rotonda to
undergo a major change
with the construction of
an overpass was the
Desamparados, Y Griega
and San Franciso rotonda.
Rotondas that are
expected to undergo
major changes in the
future are the
Alaluelita and Zapote
rotondas. |
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