Skip to main content

New Paraguay road links

New road links are planned for Paraguay.
By MJ Woof December 10, 2020 Read time: 1 min
New road projects are planned for Paraguay – image © courtesy of Rosevite2000, Dreamstime.com
A series of road projects will now be carried out in Paraguay. Funding for the works will be provided through the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). The US$235 million loan will be for work to improve 104km of roads in the Santa Cecilia, Campo Aceval, Paratodo and Lolita areas of Paraguay.

The IADB is providing $185 million of the finance package itself, with a further $50 million coming via South Korean sources over which the IADB has control.

Meanwhile, the tender process is opening for a 188km road project for an agricultural area. The work will cost an estimated $146.3 million. The tender process is being handled by Paraguay’s Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC).

Related Content

  • Paraguay road tender opening
    March 18, 2019
    The tender process for the second section of Paraguay’s bi-oceanic highway project is commencing in mid-2019. This 573km stretch of highway is being offered in two sections, with financing likely to come from international banks. The consortium Consorcio Corredor Vial Bioceanico is handling the first section of the project, which is costing around US$443.4 million. The second section of the route is expected to cost $800 million. The third stretch of the route will be complex as it includes a new bridge spa
  • Ethiopia’s building roads
    November 29, 2013
    Ethiopia is set to benefit economically from investment in a number of new key road links totalling over US$1 billion. The east African nation’s 218km Modjo-Hassan highway is expected to cost US$720 million to construct. The highway will be constructed in two stages. The first section of the route will stretch 93km from Modjo to Zeway and is expected to cost $350 million to complete. The second section of the highway will be 125km long and link Zeway with Hewassa and this stretch is estimated to cost $370
  • Bolivia dual carriageway project stalled
    September 12, 2016
    Work remains at a halt on the 70km dual carriageway upgrade connecting Yapacani with Montero in Bolivia’s Santa Cruz department. A disagreement between the Mexican construction company that was building the link, Tradeco, and Bolivia’s road administration department, ABC, resulted in the contract being cancelled. The route, Highway 4, runs from Yapacani through Santa Fe, San Carlo and Portachuelo to Montero and the project was intended to improve the road and boost its capacity by increasing the number of l
  • Bolivia's Santa Cruz road corridor connector project
    December 22, 2016
    Bolivia’s ambitious Santa Cruz road corridor connector project is providing an important link for the country - Gordon Feller writes The World Bank has been organising a US$230 million loan to upgrade a vital connector linking the country’s northern and southern transit corridors. Meanwhile, another $100 million is coming from Bolivia’s government.