Italian Company to Build Coastal Road in Nicaragua

The Italian consortium composed of Unieco, CCC and Pizzarotti, will present in January next year designs for the 138 km road that begins in El Naranjo, on the border with Costa Rica and extend to Masachapa, in the capital.

The executive president of the Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism, Mario Salinas, said the project will be funded by the consortium which will build and operate the concession road for at least twenty years.

"The Project Coastal Highway or Pacific Tourist Route, as it is known, started in 2010 with the construction of the first two kilometers, of which there are now seven, from San Juan del Sur, a paving project that was supported World Bank and government resources.

The paving works extend from the edge of San Juan del Sur to the beach of El Ostional, in Rivas", reports Elnuevodiario.com.ni

Source: elnuevodiario.com.ni

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