Panama Canal allocated works by 4.041 million dollars for expansion.
Panama, July 26 .- The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) awarded and works by 4.041 million dollars for the expansion of the waterway, according to the quarterly report filed today.
The Fifteenth Quarterly Progress Report of the Contracts Canal Expansion Program notes that, until 30 June, contracts were awarded 4.041 million dollars.
The document, which includes the progress made between April and, buy aion kinah, June 2010, was submitted by the ACP to the Government, the National Assembly, the Comptroller General and the members of the Ad-hoc Commission to monitor the progress of the project.
The extension, which should be ready by 2014, involves the construction of new locks, one in the Pacific and one in the Atlantic, three levels each with, aika gold, pools and water reuse to increase the capacity of transit through the waterway .
It also includes the widening and deepening of existing navigation channels in Gatun Lake, located halfway between both coasts, and tickets for the Pacific and Atlantic, as well as the deepening of the so called Culebra Cut, the narrowest part of the road.
Also, to connect the, buy mafia wars items, Pacific locks with the Culebra Cut dry dug a new access channel 6.1 km long.
The report details that June 30 had completed the work in terms of specifications and models of new locks, and a two ceinto in relation to its design and construction.
It also shows that among the bids in the process of recruitment is the dredging of the northern entrance to the Pacific, reflecting the widening and deepening the access channel to the new locks on the Pacific, south of Culebra Cut, which is estimated to be extracted about 3 8 million cubic meters of material.
Another work in progress is the demolition and relocation of infrastructure in the area of the Pedro Miguel Locks, which is affected by the work of building a small dam.
The works of this new lane of passage, by the U.S. consortium on Channel Groups (GUPC), were paralyzed from 3 to 9 July by a strike of workers who were demanding better working conditions and wage increases.
The strike was called off on September 9th July after a direct negotiation between the consortium and workers, according to the company said.
The GUPC is headed by Spanish company Sacyr and integrity and the Italian Impregilo, Jan de Nul of Belgium and the Panamanian Constructora Urbana.
A spokesperson for the ACP told that the strike did not affect the construction schedule, but noted that when a halt was already prepared this report Trimestral. XV