Movement Of Heavy Equipment Starting For Canal Expansion Project
Starting now and until Saturday 10 March 2012, and during the schedule of Monday through Sunday from 8:00 am until 7:00 pm, the Consorcio Borinquen, a subcontractor for the Consorcio Grupo Unidos por el Canal S.A. (GUPCSA), will be moving loads of over-sized and heavy equipment, including hydraulic excavators, using both articulated and fixed trucks, from the Port of Manzanillo, passing through the highway that links Panama City to Colon. The trucks will then follow the Northern Corridor, down the Centennial Way, cross the Centennial Bridge, then the Borinquen Highway to the project area in Cocolí. The shipments will be made with escort vehicles, and with the corresponding permits from the Land Transit and Transportation Authority (ATTT). This equipment will be used as part of the work for the design and construction of the Third Set of Locks in the Pacific Sector. (Panama America)
