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Bad Roads at Beach Towns in Costa Rica
Chinchilla decree on mining studies CrucitasThe President of the Republic , Laura Chinchilla, said yesterday carefully studying a request by environmentalists to revoke the declaration of " public interest " in the previous government gave President Oscar Arias for Crucitas mining in Cutris San Carlos.Imagenes/Fotos The president avoided expressing a position on the application of the environmental movement , but said he is analyzing the light of a decision issued in April by the Constitutional Court , adopted at that time the extraction of 700,000 ounces of gold in the project by the Canadian -owned company Industrias Infinito S. A." Until we have all the information and analysis is not going to give a definitive answer. Must see all the elements that can condition the operation of that company, " said Chinchilla days after activists opposed to the request was sent Crucitas before going on a protest walk from San José to the project site.Arias signed a decree in due course "public interest "for the operations of Industrias Infinito because it was a necessary step , he explained .This declaration enabled the rest of the process at the Ministry of Environment and Energy, a process full of questions by those who believe that the mine will produce severe environmental damage in the area.Chinchilla yesterday avoided answering whether , if matched him that responsibility, have signed the decree of " public interest " as did Arias." I 'm going to start speculating on scenarios that are gone , "he replied before he remembered that his government and declared a moratorium on mining projects in the future.Concerns about the environmental effects are those that led the Court of Appeals of Administrative to stop the works in April Crucitas decision remains in force so far.
Bad roads isolated tourist resorts of Guanacastebordering coastal routes are gravel or loose stone , with holes and ditchesMOPT : There are five plans for improvements, also will be 27 bridges in three yearsSanta Cruz , Guanacaste. You are beaches of Coco -Carrillo , and wish to visit the nearby Flamingo Beach , Santa Cruz. Just 15 miles separate the two resort towns . If traveling in a four-wheel drive vehicle can make the journey through a road in poor condition. If you're in a car sedans ... Impossible!And is that the bad condition of roads along the coast of Guanacaste impossible that a vacationer can move between different tourist destinations without having to swerve into the best routes to take .Many of the coastal roads , mostly in ballast or loose stones are full of holes and ditches, and lack of signage, found The Nation on a tour of the area. This network of bad roads shows the lack of infrastructure to enable communication between the main tourist centers along the coast .Therefore, to go to Coco Beach Flamingo must travel over 30 miles as necessarily have to travel to Sardinal community in the canton of Carrillo.Less serious but still in poor condition, many of these routes , as the number 160 - is a dusty project called Ruta del Sol This proposal was stale food for political promises , but no government has put to work .The Guanacaste , meanwhile , lament the abandonment.A José Espinoza Ruiz, Paraiso, Santa Cruz, is upset that the road works are concentrated in the interior of the province.For its part , the Minister of Public Works and Transport ( MOPT ), Francisco Jimenez , acknowledges this situation and announced plans for the area.In the portfolio of Tourism , its chief , Carlos Ricardo Benavides, also expressed concern about the effects that the poor condition of roads in the region could lead Chorotega.What's coming.The Nation noted the poor condition of roads ( along Highway 160) in Ostional (Santa Cruz), Samara and Nosara ( Nicoya canton ), and in several districts of Carrillo.There are also signs of deterioration on the road 21 , which communication on the eastern edge of the Nicoya Peninsula , Guanacaste and Puntarenas Nandayure with populations as Lepanto and Paquera.Jiménez Minister said that this Administration has five major projects for Guanacaste, which includes the repair or installation of 27 new bridges."As a specific project have already been awarded the " Lepanto Jicaral tranche , which will cost ¢ 5,000 billion, " the official said." Other projects are designed , "said the Minister, including the path quoted - Nosara Samara .On the latter said " will have seven bridges and one of them very big. "Also improve Twenty seven tracks between April and Villarreal , Santa Cruz, and the stretch - Bag -Ortega Philadelphia .Jimenez said that all projects are part of a package of road rehabilitation at a cost of nearly $ 30 million. He promised that all improvements will be completed in 2012.The Minister recalled that the Congress this week approved a credit of $ 300 million for roads.
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