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Chilean highway cost increase

Chile's Ministry of Public Works has revealed that work on the Vespucio Oriente highway will now cost US$2 billion.
March 1, 2012 Read time: 1 min
906 Chile's Ministry of Public Works has revealed that work on the Vespucio Oriente highway will now cost US$2 billion. The complexity of the project is the cause for the cost increase. The tender process for the project should commence by mid-2012. The project will be for a 13km length and much of it will run underground, with the route crossing seven districts. Work is expected to begin in 2014.

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