Paving of
Quepos - Dominical Gets
Underway
The Ministerio de Obras
Públicas y Transportes (MOPT)
announced yesterday that
the paving of the 42
kilometre between Quepos
and Domincal, part of
the Costanera Sur. The
work will be carried out
by two separate
companies, working in
parallel to complete the
paving within the next 8
- 10 months.
The consortium of Meco
and Santa Fe will be
paving the section
between Quepos and
Savegre, while the
construction company
Solís – Sánchez –
Carvaja will be paving
Savegre to Domincal.
The Savegre-Dominical
will be finished within
8 months, while the
Quepos-Savegre will be
completed two months
later.
Included in the
contracts are the
repairing of bridges
damaged during last
winter's floods.
To complete the
Costanera Sur is the
final construction of
the Parrita bridge,
which is about 70%
complete.
The completion of the
work will mean that
travel between Quepos
and Dominical can be in
less than an hour
instead of the two hours
or more it now takes and
an alternative route to
to the Interamericana
Sur to the southern
zone. |
