El Salvador: Tenders for Road Construction

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In addition to the 6.25 km section to be opened between El Matazano to Santa Rosa Guachipilín, the tender will include the improvement of 13.29 kms of road between Matazano and Nueva Concepción and the improvement of the 1.73 km access road to Santa Rosa Guachipilín."

In relation to the bid total, José Ángel Quirós, executive director of FOMILENIO, told Elsalvador.com that "so far, there is no set amount for the cost of the project. It will be known when we have the bids from the participants."

Source: elsalvador.com

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Tender for Road in North Eastern El Salvador

April 2009

Fomilienio expects to tender the first section of the Northern Longitudinal Road in the country’s eastern half.

Specifically, the section that is being designed for tender is the one that runs from Nuevo Edén de San Juan to Gotera.

In an article in laprensagrafica.com, José Ángel Quirós, executive director of Fomilenio, also indicated that the 7 kilometers from Santa Rosa to Guachipelín Matazano will be tendered at the end of May, and that later this year, it expects to launch and award the 2 bridges over the Lempa River: “The 150 meter long En Nombre de Jesús, Sensuntepeque bridge, and the 250 meter long Nuevo Edén de San Juan bridge, in San Miguel."

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Parsons Consulting, a Canadian company, has completed the feasibility study for the construction of the North Longitudinal Highway (CLN).

One of the goals proposed by executive director of Fomilenio, Jose Angel Quiros, was to complete the feasibility study as soon as possible in order to speed up the designs for the CLN and to begin construction at the earliest possible time.

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Six companies have bid to construct Section 3B of the Salvadoran highway that traverses the north of the country.

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A new stretch of the 'Longitudinal del Norte' highway, dubbed '2B1', will be developed by builder Santa Fe Ltda., and finished October 2010.

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