Inicia construcción de autopista que conectará al puerto de Bluefields
El Ministerio de Transporte e Infraestructura dijo que tendrá cuatro carriles y la obra constará de dos fases
TL;DR
- Construction of an 11-kilometer, four-lane highway to Bluefields port begins on January 23rd.
- The highway will have a 25-centimeter thick hydraulic concrete surface to handle cargo.
- The Bluefields port project, a deep-water port, was contracted with China CAMC Engineering in November 2024.
- The infrastructure projects are expected to boost Nicaragua's connection to Caribbean and Atlantic countries.
- Laureano Ortega Murillo, presidential advisor, stated the projects will foster development, jobs, and poverty reduction.
- Daniel Ortega presented Nicaragua's interoceanic canal route as an alternative to the Panama Canal during a China-Latin America summit.
- The summit included 250 Chinese entrepreneurs and 70 representatives from Latin American and Caribbean countries.