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Investment
of ¢12.300 millions
Guanacaste
has better tourist roads
- The
road that goes from Lajas to Puerto Carrillo
is almost finished
- Route
that includes 27 de Abril - Río Seco - Paraíso
has good advances
Óliver Pérez
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Hojancha
and Santa Cruz. The ministry of Public
Structures and Transportation works
on the repair of important roads of
tourist use in Guanacaste.
Among
the works the advances of the road that
unites Hojancha with Puerto Carrillo
stands out. The stretch between Puerto
Carrillo - Lajas is 90% asphalted.
This
route will be inaugurated in June, it
measures 22 kilometers with an investment
of ¢4.205 millions:
The new route
will make it easier to get to the beaches
of Carrillo, Camaronal, Islitas and
Samara, as well as to other towns and
tourist sites of the Nicoya Peninsula.
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The
road goes through important communities for the agricultural
economy, such as Las Maravillas, Betania, Estrada, San
Miguel, San Marta and El Jobo.
The
Head of MOPT, Karla González, said that the new road
has the curbs, bridges and sewer passage almost ready,
and it is in the process of the vertical and horizontal
signaling of the route.
Pending. The Major of
Hojancha, Juan Rafael Marín Quirós, indicated that the
following phase is in the bidding process, this is the
asphalt of 10 kilometers between Lajas and Hojancha,
with a cost of ¢2.500 millions.
The neighbors
of the coastline communities 27 de Abril, Las Delicias,
Río Seco, Paraíso, Junquillal, Los Pargos, Avellanas,
Playa Negra and Callejones will have a totally asphalted
route.
The street will have bike lanes and will
be the second one in the country that has a lane for
pedestrians and for bicycles; the first one is in Caldera.
The
asphalt of this road, of 13.2 kilometers and a cost
of ¢3.900 millions, began in February and it will be
finished in August.
"The tourists can get
to the beaches by roads where the development is in
its best momentum", said Mauricio Céspedes, Executive
Director of the Guanacaste Tourism Chamber.
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Taken
from La Nación, May 2nd, 2008.
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