New Infrastructure Works Unveiled in
Guanacaste
(InfoWebPress) – On the occasion of
celebrating another anniversary of
Guanacaste’s annexation to Costa Rica, last
July 25, several works of infrastructure
worth almost 5 billion colones ($8.6
million) were unveiled by government
officials throughout the province.
The main project is the highway connecting
the communities of Veintisiete de Abril and
Paraiso, in Santa Cruz canton. This highway
now makes it easier for visitors to reach
beaches in this canton. Some 690 million
colones were added to the project’s original
budget of 4.2 billion to build a bike path
alongside the road. The path was added to
provide residents of the area more security,
particularly for parents and their kids who
ride bicycles to and from school — a very
common practice in the region.
The project also included the construction
of sidewalks for pedestrian traffic, since
there are many towns alongside of the new
road and officials sought to reduce the risk
of accidents. The road itself included a
sub-foundation 35 cm thick and
concrete-stabilized foundation 20 cm thick.
An intensive drainage system to keep
stormwater from damaging the highway was
also constructed.
This project will improve the quality of
life of people in the region by reducing
transportation times and the excessive dust
the old dirt road generated during the
summers. Likewise, the paved road will
prevent the mud holes typical of the rainy
season.
Another road project that is showing
significant advances is the Tilaran-Libano
highway, which is being paved and is
approximately 55 percent done, now that the
initial phase — excavation, drainage and
placement of support material — is complete.
Right now, crews are laying down the 25 cm
sub-foundation and the 20 cm foundation,
with the 7 cm asphalt layer expected to be
poured in about a month.
This road is expected to cost 2.4 billion
colones ($4.1 million), turning a 9.2 km
narrow gravel road into a properly marked,
two-lane paved highway. This project will
allow people in the region to have a more
reliable means of getting around all year
round, cutting down driving time
significantly.
Another project that has been completed is
the work over the Perico and Grande rivers,
at the entrance to the Nicoya boulevard near
La Anexion Hospital. In the case of the
bridge over Perico River, a 12-meter long
bridge was built and expanded to four lanes,
for a total width of 21.65 meters. The new
bridge has a middle guardrail that divides
traffic coming in both directions, has a
bike lane and pedestrian sidewalk — this
because of the urban characteristics of the
zone and to protect pedestrians and people
riding bicycles. The bridge had a total cost
of 228 million colones ($393,000).
Regarding the bridge over Grande River, the
project there had a cost of 393 million
colones ($677,000). The bridge is 25 meters
long and 25.85 meters wide, and just like
the Perico bridge, was expanded to four
lanes and has a 3 meter wide bike path and
1.5 meter wide sidewalk, with guardrails to
separate vehicular traffic from pedestrians. |
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