Skip to main content

Guatemala spending on road repairs

A series of road repairs in Guatemala will help repair roads damaged by the recent El Fuego volcano eruption. The country’s Ministry of Communications, Infrastructure and Housing (CIV) has set a budget of US$31 million to be used for emergency road repair work. Some of this is being used from the country’s emergency fund while another portion is being brought forward from the budget intended for 2019.
June 20, 2018 Read time: 1 min

Tanzania is setting out ambitious plans for road development with a series of projects being scheduled during 2018 and 2019. A budget of US$658.4 million has been set by the Tanzanian Ministry of Works, Transport and Communications for the period. This is intended to pay for works on 62 separate road projects. The plan forms part of a wider programme of works intended to boost road connectivity across East Africa. Included in this strategic plan are new highways, upgrades to existing routes to add capacity and also new rural roads.

Related Content

  • A tricky road update is planned for an important rural road in Brazil
    September 27, 2013
    Brazilian consultant SOTEPA has been closely involved with infrastructure improvements in a series of projects in the southern state of Santa Catarina. One of the most important of these has been design work for the SC-477 state highway, which connects the east of the state to Brazil’s Littoral zone and the BR-101 federal highway. The SC-477 has had to be upgraded as part of it has been unsurfaced, without an asphalt surface between Itaiópolis and Doutor Pedrinho. The road provides an important link for the
  • India road funding to develop network
    July 23, 2018
    India is continuing with its ambitious plans for road network development. A number of banks have given assurances that they will provide the necessary funding to pay for nearly US$19 billion of highway projects. The projects will be carried out under the engineering, procurement and construction model according to India’s Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. One of the plans under the wider road development programme is to develop India’s cross-border links with its neighbours. This calls for the const
  • Cape Town road improvements planned
    May 17, 2023
    Cape Town is planning road improvements.
  • US$110.6 million for modular bridges in Togo
    April 4, 2024
    US$110.6 million is being invested on modular bridges in Togo.