Honduras: $45 Million for Road Network

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Of the CABEI funds, $30 million will be used to widen 50km of Route 112 to four lanes.

“The Rural Infrastructure Program will receive funds totalling $15 million to be invested in local roads, environmentally friendly rural electrification projects, as well as the renewal and maintenance of existing infrastructure, benefitting the country’s poorest communities,” reports Capitales.com.

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"The FMLN deputy Inmar Reyes said the money will be used for connections in the north of the country where there are municipalities where the Longitudinal del Norte bypasses them making it necessary to improve road infrastructure so that they can have access to this new communication path.

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El Salvador: $15 million for Roads

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The country will have its road network improved in the north and east with a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank.

An IDB press release states:

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From the press release from the National Assembly of Nicaragua:

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