Ministry of Public Works and Transportations

Ministry of Public Works and Transportations

General Information Total population: 4.937.755 (2014) Currency: Costa Rican colón (CRC) GDP 2015 (estimate): Total $52.800 billion - per capita $10,916 Capital and largest city: San José

Overview: Infrastructure and transportation sector

Maritime area Information Puntarenas Caldera Golfito Quepos Caribbean Sea - Moín - Limón Pacific Ocean

Roads Information National Highways: 7.782,85 km Cantonal Roads: 28,455 km GDP invested in infrastructure: 1.13%

Transportation Projects Cost: $ 0,75 per line 24 km/line Number of buses in service: 38 Mobilizes: 300 passengers/hour Public Transit Interlíneas- Past

Transportation Projects Green and safety transportations Present

Transportation Projects Intermodal: Train Bus Bikes Private transportation Passengers Rapid Transportation (TRP) Future

Infrastructure Projects Distance: San José-Caldera 78.60 Km. Total cost: $266 million Completed 2008 José María Castro Madriz Highway PAST

Infraestructure projects Pacífica Fernández Oreamuno Highway PAST

Infraestructure projects Finished: 2010 Total cost: $84 million Distance: Quepos-Palmar102 km PAST

Infraestructure projects Total cost: $340 million Strategic Highway Infrastructure Works Program (CABEI) PRESENT

Infraestructure projects Abundancia-Florencia- Ciudad Quesada La Lima-Taras Playa Naranjo-Paquera Total cost: $450 million Transportation Infrastructure Program (IDB) Estimated date for finishing: 2020 PRESENT

Infraestructure projects Projects: - Road Cañas-Liberia - -Road Cañas-Bagaces-Liberia- - 10 Bridges Barranca-Cañas - Road Pozuelo-Jardines del Recuerdo- Road Bernardo Soto Route 1 (Sifón) Total cost: $375 million First Road Infrastructure Program (IDB) PRESENT

Infraestructure projects Components: i) Rehabilitation works and improvement of local routes. ii) Ministry and local government strengthening (qualification planning, maintenance systems management, etc.). Total cost: $75 million Cantonal Road Network Program (IDB) PRESENT

Infraestructure projects Estimated cost: $450 millions Distance: San José-San Ramón 70 km North InterAmerican Highway Route No. 1 IN PROCESS

Infraestructure projects Estimated cost: $465 million Distance: Río frío-moín 7107km Highway: Braulio Carrillo Route No. 32 IN PROCESS

Maritime area projects The commissioning of the new multipurpose terminal Caldera will reduce the payment $ 30 thousand a day coming charged shipping companies to stay in the sea waiting to complete its operation or cargo customs clearance of goods. (180 meters long, 13 meters deep and a plant area of 6,000 square meters). Total cost: $36,5 million Finishied: February 2015 New multipurpose terminal Caldera PAST

Maritime area projects Container Terminal Moin will have an artificial island 500 meters offshore, which will span 80 hectares. In her nine gantry cranes or quay cranes and 39 yard high technology, a breakwater 2430 meters and 1500 meters dock with five berths they will be located. Cost: $ 1000 million Container Terminal Moín (TCM) PRESENT

Maritime area projects Currently, it costs between $1,200 and $1,500 for a semitrailer to travel between the two countries. The cost of the trip will be reduced to around $750 with the ferry. At a one-way trip on the ferry will take around 16 hours, compared to the current two to five days that it takes a semitrailer to cross the distance by road. Ferry: Costa Rica-El Salvador The ferry service initially will only transport cargo, but officials expect it also will transport tourists in the future. PRESENT

Maritime area projects Improvement of ferry terminals in the Gulf of Nicoya: Barrio El Carmen de Puntarenas, Paquera and Playa Naranjo. Seawall Extensión in Puerto Caldera FUTURE

Airport projects Costa Rica s main air hub, Juan Santamaría International Airport, outside of San José, will add new retail stores and a supermarket in a 1,000- square-meter area. Total cost: $18 million NEW RETAIL AREA AT JUAN SANATAMARÍA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. PAST

Airport projects Construction of an aircraft maintenance hangar for the transfer of COOPESA, AIJS. Improving aircraft parking platform in the International Airport Daniel Oduber Quirós. Improve security strip track Limón International Airport. Total cost: $75 million PRESENT

Airport projects NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OROTINA FUTURE

Conclusion In economic terms, the magnitude of the projects that are being treated in May 2014 reached a total of $ 775 million, while the month of November 2015 this amount reaches $ 2,280 million. The near tripling of portfolio of infrastructure projects in these months is implying a much more efficient use of the installed capacity of the Ministry, in its human resources with the technical, technological and financial resources.

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