President Laura Chinchilla announced a public tender of a contract for finishing the works on the stretch of road alongside the San Juan River, on the border with Nicaragua.

The president said at a press conference that the government is looking for sources of funding in order to complete the work.

The administration’s plan is to have the process completed by the end of the year, so work would start in January 2013, when the dry season starts.

Nacion.com quoted the president, Laura Chinchilla who said:

“We are confident that all these elements: financing, design, equipment and schedule will be ready to start in the summer, in January we will start work on the second stage that would leave the route 1956 properly consolidated.”

Source: Nacion.com