A Chinese loan will help fund Costa Rica’s work

Plans are in hand to upgrade the highway linking Costa Rica’s capital San Jose with Limon, with a project that will be carried out in several phases. The work involves widening and improving Route 32 so that it can carry higher traffic volumes and reduce congestion as well as cutting journey times for drivers. Rebuilding the link is expected to cost in the order of US$435 million and the project is also expected to improve safety standards for users of the highway. The work is being partly financed through
January 21, 2013 Read time: 1 min
Plans are in hand to upgrade the highway linking Costa Rica’s capital San Jose with Limon, with a project that will be carried out in several phases. The work involves widening and improving Route 32 so that it can carry higher traffic volumes and reduce congestion as well as cutting journey times for drivers. Rebuilding the link is expected to cost in the order of US$435 million and the project is also expected to improve safety standards for users of the highway. The work is being partly financed through a loan worth $400 million being provided by Chinese lenders.

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