Orotina Pay Toll
Station Opens Today
In Costa Rican fashion, today, the third
phase of the San Jose - Caldera highway toll
begins operation. The first phase, San Jose
to Santa Ana tolls began operating on June
9, while the second phase, Santa Ana to
Orotina, is still under construction and not
expected to open until July 2010.
Yes, next year.
The Orotina toll station begins today,
charging drivers of light passenger vehicles
and motorcylces ¢480 colones. Buses will pay
¢950, trucks with 2 or 3 axles, ¢1.190 and
trucks with 5 axles ¢3.010, one way.
The Orotina - Caldera section of the
highways is the third phase of the road from
San Jose to Caldera.
According to the Autopistas del Sol, the
concessionaire of the highway, the Orotina -
Caldera strecth is 23.9 kilometres and takes
18 minutes to travel.
The first phase, La Sabana to Piedades de
Sant Ana, is 14.2 kilometres and takes 11
minutes to travel, at a cost of ¢310 colones
for passenger vehicles. The second phase,
when open will cost ¢160 colones for
passenger vehicles.
The total cost to travel from La Sabana to
Caldera will be ¢1.110 for a passenger
vehicle, one way, at the four pay toll
stations when the highway is fully complete.
The pay tolls will be at Escasu (¢310),
Piedades (¢160), Pozon (¢480) and Costanera
Sure (¢160).
More information on the highway, its
progress and services is available at:
http://autopistasdelsolcr.com/ |
