NEWS: Ecuador plans to invest close to ten billion dollars on highways

Ecuador plans to invest close to ten billion dollars on highways

Posted on January 18, 2013 • Filed under: Economy, Ecuador, TRAVEL

Worldhighways.com reported that Ecuador to invest near US$10bn in major motorways
Construction to begin during 2013

Reasons are to reduce trip times, improve safety levels, and give direct benefit to freight movement.
Plans include linking a road from Manta Ecuador to Manaus Brazil which will link the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic.

Includes a major planned Troncal Amzonica road and the Ruta del Spondylus which will transverse 1000 kilometers along the Pacific coast of Ecuador. Read Article