Construction of Road to
Caldera To Begin on
January 17
The construction
of the San José-Caldera
highway which is three
decades in the making,
will begin on January
17, 2008, the ministro
de la Presidencia,
Rodrigo Arias, announced
yesterday.
Arias assures that all
is set for the
construction of the road
is to begin, as the
us$230 million dollars
financing and the
approval by the
Contraloría General de
la República
(Comptroller's office)
are all in place.
Last November 29, the
Contraloría endorsed the
contract the government
has with Autopistas del
Sol, a consortium of
Spanish, Portugue and
Costa Rican interests.
Arias added that the
contract calls for the
completion of the 77
kilometre road by 2010
and is being financed by
the Caja de Madrid and
the Banco
Centroamericano de
Integración Económica (BCIE).
Autopistas has a 25
years and six months
concession to recover
its us$230 million
dollar investment.
The new road would cut
travel between San José,
Caldera, Puntarenas to
30 minutes instead of
the now 90 minutes, and
cut in half the travel
time to Playa Jacó and
points in between.
The five bridges between
Cuidad Colón and Orotina
were built and
inaugurated during the
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
(1998-2002)
administration.
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