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New
MOPT Minister To Be Announced Today; Ten
Most Dangerous Bridges Will Have To Wait
Arrival Of Japanese Expert
The ten most dangerous bridges in Costa Rica
will have to wait until next year for
supervision and inspection of the work to be
carried out by the Ministerio de Obras
Públicas y Transportes (MOPT), when a
Japanese expert from the Agencia de
Cooperación Internacional de Japón (JICA) is
set to arrive.
The ten bridges that in the worst state of
repair are the bridges over the rivers: Río
Aranjuez, Río Abangares, Río Azufrado, Río
Puerto Nuevo, Río Nuevo, Río Chirripó on
route 32, and on route 4, Río Sarapiquí, Río
Sucio and Río Torres.
In addition, rumours have been buzzing of
who might be the new MOPT minister,
replacing Karla González, who resigned
following the collapse of the suspension
bridge over the Tárcoles river in Turrubares,
when a loaded bus plunged into the river
below, killing five and injuring dozens, on
October 22.
The new MOPT minister, who is expected to be
named in an official announcement later
today, is Marco Vargas, who is currently the
minister of Coordinación Interinstitucional.
Sources say that Costa Rican president has
called on Vargas to do him a "favour" in
assuming the post for the balance of the
current term of the administration that ends
on May 1, 2010.
Vargas is said to have accepted the call by
Arias, even though the MOPT is one of those
ministries that is cross hairs of the public
and under heavy criticism and bad public
opinion.
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