Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 23, 2017 Moderators Share Posted March 23, 2017 (edited) http://www.prensa.com/in_english/Constructora-Meco-Acciona-ampliacion-Americas-Arraijan_21_4717988156.html Edited March 24, 2017 by Moderator_02 edited title to make it a bit more general Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 23, 2017 Author Moderators Share Posted March 23, 2017 Quote 8-lane highway to Arraijan linked to fourth canal bridge Posted on March 23, 2017 in Panama, Panama The expanded highway will link to new bridge Post Views: 15 THE EXPANSION of the 10 kilometer stretch of highway between the Bridge of the Americas and Arraijan, will likely be completed in two years. The Loma Cová consortium, made up of Constructora Meco and Acciona Infraestructura, won the contract to expand the PanAmerican Highway and will start in connection with the building the fourth bridge over the Panama Canal. The consortium’s proposal was for $335.5 million, the highest of the four submitted by the companies interested in this contract that had a reference price of $325.8 million. The other companies that submitted tenders were CSECConalvías ($269.7 million), FCC Construcción ($335.2 million) and AstaldiMCM ($322.6 million.) Half an hour before the winner was published in PanamaCompra, Public Works Minister Ramón Arosemena and Deputy Minister Marietta Jaén defended the bidding process. “This tender gives us greater transparency in our public acts” Jaén said. “Taking into account the expansion of the highway to eight lanes and the construction of six interchanges, this is equivalent to the construction of 35 kilometers of highway.” The work must be ready within a period of 30 months. But at the press conference, officials said they will ask the company to finish in 24 months. http://www.newsroompanama.com/business/panama-4/8-lane-highway-arriajan-linked-fourth-canal-bridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAndNena Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Interesting project and very much needed. The Thatcher Ferry bridge needs retirement or a total restoration, not possible with its present use. The article says the new bridge will be the fourth over the canal, the third bridge in Colón missed its initial completion date so the bridge to Arriajan could be the 3rd bridge. http://www.vinci-construction.com/en/project/15892/atlantic-bridge-panama jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 24, 2017 Author Moderators Share Posted March 24, 2017 1 hour ago, JimAndNena said: Interesting project and very much needed. The Thatcher Ferry bridge needs retirement or a total restoration, not possible with its present use. The article says the new bridge will be the fourth over the canal, the third bridge in Colón missed its initial completion date so the bridge to Arriajan could be the 3rd bridge. http://www.vinci-construction.com/en/project/15892/atlantic-bridge-panama jim Here is the content of the above web link that Jim provided. Also note that the title for this topic was generalized a bit because of this additional information. Thank you Jim. Quote Civil engineering - Panama Atlantic Bridge, Panama The contract marks the return of a French company to the Panama Canal site. - © VINCI and subsidiaries Published: April 8, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Schematic map Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 24, 2017 Author Moderators Share Posted March 24, 2017 Quote Mega Road Project Awarded for $335 million The consortium made up of the Costa Rican MECO and the spanish company Acciona Infraestructuras will be extending a 10 kilometer stretch of road to eight lanes and building five interchanges on the Panamerican highway in Panama. Thursday, March 23, 2017 The economic proposal presented in the tender by the winning consortium, Loma Cova, amounted to $335.5 million, higher than the bids of the other two participants in the process, CSEC-Conalvías, whose bid was $269.7 million and Astaldi -MCM, which bid $322.7 million.The reference price in the tender, called "Study, Design, Construction and Maintenance Works for the expansion and rehabilitation of the Pan American Highway, Section: Bridge of the Americas - Arraiján province of Panama West" was $325 million.The work involves the expansion to eight lanes of a 10 km stretch of road between the Bridge of the Americas and Arraijan, the construction of five interchanges, with the option of a sixth final exchanger depending on traffic studies. In addition more than 25 km of new roads are planned which include interchanges, roadway expansions, collector roads and highways and repositioning of roads and paths.More details of the project provided by the Ministry of Public Works: Construction will begin about 500 meters before reaching the existing exchanger Howard / Cocolí, continuing through the current corredor of the Panamerican Highway until it passs Loma Coba, and is diverted to the North in a new alignment (stretch variant) to its connection with the route in Burunga Centenario. http://www.centralamericadata.com/en/article/main/Mega_Road_Project_Awarded_for_335_million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted July 24, 2017 Author Moderators Share Posted July 24, 2017 Moderator comment: Also see Keith's blog entry on this same subject at http://www.chiriqui.life/blogs/entry/242-four-bidders-competing-to-construct-the-fourth-bridge-over-the-canal/ Quote Four contenders for canal bridge contract Posted on July 23, 2017 in Panama, Panama Post Views: 224 THE COMPETITION for the design and construction of the fourth bridge over the The Panama Canal will is down to four contenders two of them from China. A consortium formed by the Korean company Hyundai and Sacyr of Spain , has dropped out. Panama recently established diplomatic relations with China which has been aggressively involved in major railway construction around the world. Sacyr told La Prensa that the construction companyhas been awarded in the last two years several important bridges in Latin America (Pumarejo and Hisgaura in Colombia) and is working on motorways in in Colombia, Chile and Italy, which include large bridges. The Panama project would need their best teams “which unfortunately we cannot now deflect from those other projects. ” A consortium led by Constructora Norberto Odebrecht withdrew in January following a Cabinet decision. Despite warnings from civil society about corruption, Odebrecht had been pre-qualified in the tender for the fourth bridge. The Varela administration had granted it numerous contracts, such as Metro line $2.62 billion and the Colon urban renewal for $569 Million. Panama City followed suit with a $159 million contract. In December of last year, after revelations of the $788 million bribery in 12 countries, including at least $59 million handed to Panamanian officials between 2010 and 2014, the Government urged Odebrecht to drop out of bidding for the bridge and the third line subway line. The four groups still in the race are: Dragados Sucursal Panamá, S.A. (Spain); The consortium Astaldi (Italy) – Daelim (South Korea); The Panama Cuarto Puente Consortium, composed of China Communications Construction Company and China Harbor Engineering Company; The CSCEC Fourth Bridge Consortium – CREC, composed of China State Construction Engineering Corporation and China Railway Group. http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/four-contenders-canal-bridge-contract Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted May 30, 2021 Author Moderators Share Posted May 30, 2021 Quote Arraijan highway reopens Sunday Posted 29/05/2021 The Minister of Public Works (MOP), Rafael Sabonge, announced that they plan to "gradually open traffic on the Bridge of the Americas- Arraijan highway in both directions" on Sunday, May 30. Sabonge, together with his team, visited the repair work of the Pan-American highway in Arraiján on Friday. In recent days, residents of Panama Oeste have complained about the traffic congestion that caused the closure of this main road. They reported that it took them up to four hours to reach their homes when on a regular day they can spend around an hour. https://www.newsroompanama.com/business/arraijan-highway-reopens-sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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