South America - Page 2

Empresas ICA Wins Mexican Highway Project
Thursday, June 24, 2010 Empresas ICA SAB (ICA) has signed a MXN 9.32bn ($740m) deal to construct a 169km federal highway in southern Mexico. The Mexican communications and transportation ministry has awarded...

Work Finishes on Philippine Expressway Extension
Friday, June 18, 2010 Work has completed on the 8km TR3 extension of the South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) in Manila, Philippines. The new extension links the SLEx to the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road toll...

Colombia to Tender Highway Contract
Thursday, June 17, 2010 Colombia is planning to tender a contract to upgrade and operate the last stretch of a 1,000km highway that links the nation's centre with the Caribbean coast. The contract is estimated to...

Brazil Needs to Invest $99bn in Road Projects
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Brazil must invest BRL183.5bn ($99.1bn) on building and maintaining roads and bridges, an Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) report said. The report said the road network in...

Argentine Company to Build Panama Highway
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 Argentina-based construction company Benito Roggio has won a contract to construct a $109.9m highway in Panama. Work involves building a four-lane highway between Divisa and Chitré in Herrera. ...

Mexico Awards Highway Contract
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 Mexico has awarded a $491m contract to build a new tolled highway section in its capital to a joint venture firm. Controladora Via Rapida Poetas, a 50/50 joint venture company of Spanish firm...

Panama Buys Poorly-Managed Tollway
Monday, March 29, 2010 After complaints about poor service, the Panama Government has brought the toll highway from Mexican firm ICA for $420m. The 20km Corredor Sur highway, which links Panama City to...

Peru-Brazil Highway to Get Loan
Thursday, March 25, 2010 A further loan of $200m has been granted for the Peru-Brazil South Interoceanic Highway Project by the Andean Development Corporation (CAF). The money is expected to be delivered in the...

Brazilian State's Road Upgrade to Get IDB Boost
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 Upgrades to the road network in Minas Gerais, Brazil, will receive a $137m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The money will be used to rehabilitate, upgrade and maintain...

Brazil Funds Bolivian Highway
Monday, March 22, 2010 Brazil will support the construction of a 306km highway in Bolivia, costing $415m, with a loan of $332m. The project is expected to cost over $1m per kilometre, according to worldhighways.com....

Q-FREE Wins Brazilian Toll Tag Deal
Monday, February 15, 2010 Norway-based firm Q-FREE will supply road tolling tags and infrastructure to Brazil's Centro tag distributor Gestão Meios de Pagto (CGMP). The contract includes a guaranteed order intake...

Siemens Upgrades Santiago's Traffic Control
Monday, February 15, 2010 German firm Siemens has upgraded the Urban Traffic Control (UTC) system installed in Chile’s capital city Santiago, to PC-based Split Cycle Offset Optimization Technique (SCOOT). SCOOT is...

Skanska to Build Major Toll Road in Chile
Thursday, January 28, 2010 Chile's Ministry of Public Works has selected Swedish firm Skanska as the preferred bidder to build the Antofagasta Toll Road in northern Chile's mining district. The public private...

Brazil Selects Telvent Tunnel Management Solution
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Spanish IT firm Telvent will install a tunnel management System on El Morro Alto Tunnels in Brazil to enhance safety and bring down the number of accidents. Under the €14.5m ($20.5m)...

Venezuela Uses Proxim Radio System
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 US firm Proxim Wireless has deployed its Tsunami QuickBridge.11 radio technology to create a wireless video surveillance network in the Venezuelan state of Bolivar. The technology is part of...

IDB and FIA Unite for Latin American Road Safety
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the UK's FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society have partnered to promote activities to improve road safety in Latin America and the Caribbean....

Peru to get WB Loan for Highway Repair
Monday, January 18, 2010 The World Bank has approved a $150m loan to Peru to finance the rehabilitation and maintenance of key national highways. The money will be used to upgrade a total of 183km road network in...

Luna's Solar Lights Illuminate Panama Beltway
Thursday, January 14, 2010 US firm Luna Road will supply its solar road studs and solar cat eyes to enhance visibility on the new coastal beltway in Panama. The company has provided its red-coloured LED Luna road...

Colombia Gets Loan to Better Link to South
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a $53m loan to Colombia to help build an alternative road link between the towns of San Francisco and Mocoa. The 45.6km road in the...

Dbtrans, RM and Sirit Install New Payment System in Brazil
Friday, November 20, 2009 Brazil's payment solutions developer Dbtrans has partnered with Canadian Sirit and RM Brazil to install a new electronic payment process for commercial truck and passenger tolling in the state...