Road contract approved for Costanera Sur
The Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes
named Constructora Meco S.A. to repair some 12 kilometers
of the Costanera Sur.? The ministry estimates the cost
of the contract at $4,237,145.
The plan now must be approved by the Plan de Gestión
Ambiental, a branch of the Secretaría Técnica
Nacional Ambiental, and countersigned by the Controlaria
General de República.? At the current rate with
which the project is moving, the ministerio hopes work
will begin by March 2006.
Viceminister María Lorena López said
that one of the defining factors in awarding the contract
to Cornstructora Meco was the decision to use asphalt
in the construction of the highway as opposed to concrete.?
Unlike many roads in Costa Rica, plans for this section
call for drains, barriers, a green zone, reflector
strips and a pedestrian walkway.
The Costanera Sur is fundamental for transit along
the southern coast of the country and will serve as
an alternative route to Ruta Nacional 2 which crosses
the Cerro de la Muerte and ends at the Panamanian border
in Paso Canoas.? Such a road would have been indispensable
when flooding brought on by the rains of hurricanes
Rita and Stan knocked out many of the roads along the
southern Pacific coast.? |