ICA-Meco asked to speed up work on Tocumen highway, Panama

The ICA-Meco consortium has been asked by Panama's Public Works minister, Jaime Ford, to speed up work on the US$237 million Domingo Diaz highway project in Tocumen. The project is scheduled for completion in July 2014 but is currently 37% complete. The minister asked workers to go the extra mile in their work rate, in order to reduce the suffering of the 467,296 people that use the road daily. The work on the 12.8km road also includes three vehicle access points, a bridge over the Matias Hernandez river, a
September 18, 2013 Read time: 1 min
The ICA-Meco consortium has been asked by Panama's Public Works minister, Jaime Ford, to speed up work on the US$237 million Domingo Diaz highway project in Tocumen.

The project is scheduled for completion in July 2014 but is currently 37% complete. The minister asked workers to go the extra mile in their work rate, in order to reduce the suffering of the 467,296 people that use the road daily.

The work on the 12.8km road also includes three vehicle access points, a bridge over the Matias Hernandez river, and 40 Metrobus stops.

The San Antonio and Don Bosco bridges are expected to be finished by December 2013, with the Pedregal bridge, currently 22% complete, estimated to be finished in March 2014.
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