A press release from the Ministry of Public Works of El Salvador states that:
The Minister of Public Works, Gerson Martinez and Resident Representative of the International Cooperation Agency of Japan (JICA) Yoshikazu Tachihara, today signed a cooperation agreement to develop an " Assistance Project for Economic Infrastructure Renovation in El Salvador."
The 10 days of rain caused by Tropical Depression 12E in El Salvador had a major impact on bridges and overpasses. In particular, 12 bridges collapsed, 37 were damaged, there were about 700 landslides and 40 percent of the country's road network showed deterioration as a result of the rains.
El Salvador is extremely susceptible to a variety of natural disasters such as hurricanes, tropical storms, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. These disasters have endangered human life and public infrastructure such as roads, bridges and urban drainage system.
As a consequence of this fact, the Government of El Salvador and the MOP have specifically designed and implemented a strategy for adapting to climate change and preventive risk management, which has not only national but also regional scope.
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February 2010
50% of the required funding will come from a number of international loans, which the Legislative Assembly has not passed yet.
These loans include $15 million by the Inter American Ddevelopment Bank and $20.9 million from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration.
November 2011
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is to finance the works as part of its $300 million program to improve Costa Rica's infrastructure network.
The $66 million in funds will be used to repair the eight bridges and widen nine more according to IDB spokesperson, Fernando Quevedo.
June 2010
The Treasury Ministry has earmarked $4 million from the disaster prevention fund (Fopromid) to take care of the damages caused by tropical storm Agatha.
Due to the emergency, the government will conduct direct purchases, without the need for public auctions, in order to attend the situation faster.
March 2010
The public works ministry will acquire 20 temporary Bailey bridges to replace those damaged by tropical storm Ida.
No bidding will be done for this procedure as the entity will acquire them directly. The technical committee recommended that the fabrication time of the structures should be less than 4 weeks, and the time required to transport them less than 5 weeks.
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