The works comprised improving roads in 25 municipalities in different departments of the country.
The Millenium Challenge Account in Honduras (MCA) informed "interested bidders that by order of MCA United States the funds earmarked for bidding process LPI/PC/No02 -2009 have been cancelled. Accordingly, MCA Honduras is cancelling the bidding process", reported Elheraldo.hn.
Source: elheraldo.hn
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February 2012
Nicaragua's National Assembly has approved a loan to be used to finance a Project for the Improvement of Rural Road Infrastructure.
From the press release from the National Assembly of Nicaragua:
The plenary of the National Assembly approved the February 23rd, a loan agreement between the Government of Nicaragua and the International Development Association (IDA) at the World Bank, amounting to 35 million dollars in order to finance a rural road infrastructure improvement project.
July 2010
Loans from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) will go towards highway upgrades and rural infrastructure improvements.
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.
October 2011
The tender is to improve terraced rural roads in the departments of Izabal, El Progreso and Santa Rosa.
According to the tender specifications the work covers some 122 kms, distributed as 26.41 km in the department of Santa Rosa, 72.72 km in Izabal and 22.87 km in El Progreso.
December 2011
The World Bank loan will help improve the country’s rural road infrastructure.
From the World Bank press release:
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a project for $35 million that will help improve the infrastructure of rural roads in Nicaragua and will benefit about 75,000 people, of whom just over half are women.
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