With the support of CABEI, the longest viaduct in Costa Rica is inaugurated for the benefit of more than 40,000 daily users

This is an automated translation of the original press release issued in Spanish

San José, June 12, 2023.- The more than 40,000 daily users who travel through the main highways that interconnect San José will see their travel times reduced by up to a third with the partial opening of the Circunvalación Norte highway, a project financed in entirely by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration ( CABEI ).

This is the work with the largest viaduct in Costa Rica, 4.1 km long that extends from La Uruca to the three-level intersection on National Route 32, a section that currently takes up to 45 minutes to reach. hours of heavy traffic and the reduction to 15 minutes is expected. In addition, it has the only two three-level steps in the country, which are part of the 5.5 km of total construction that the project measures, divided into five functional units for a total amount of US$222.9 million from the Program of CABEI's Strategic Road Infrastructure.

“Improving the quality of life of Central Americans is a priority for CABEI, something that is undoubtedly the objective of this important project that is opening today and that Costa Rica has been waiting for for more than four decades. In addition to reducing transfer times, pollution will also be reduced and the country's competitiveness will increase , ”said the CABEI country head in Costa Rica, Álvaro Alfaro.

Once the works are fully completed with the opening of Functional Unit V, the ring road will be closed, allowing drivers to travel throughout the capital in less than 30 minutes, by interconnecting Circunvalación Norte, and the Bicentenario roundabouts in Guadalupe , Bandera in San Pedro and Social Guarantees in Zapote, works also financially backed by CABEI.

The Strategic Road Infrastructure Works Program approved by CABEI for Costa Rica for US$430.5 million includes, in addition to the Circunvalación Norte and the overpasses, the bridges over the Virilla river on route 1 (Alfredo González Flores), in Route 147 (Lindora), and on Route 32 (Saprissa), the modernization of the old bridge over the Virilla River on Route 32.