Will The San
José - Caldera
Be Shut Down?
Deadline Fast
Approaching
The 48 hour
deadline is
quickly
approaching, as
officials of the
Ministerio de
Obras Públicas y
Transportes (MOPT)
anxiously await
the report by
Autopistas del
Sol, the
concessionaire
of the San José
- Caldera
highway, on its
plan of action
to make the road
safe.
Although the
MOPT issued a 48
hour ultimatum
this week, it is
more likely that
no report or
decision or
action will be
for at least a
week, as
Autopistas
prepares its
report.
The highway and
the
concessionaire
which opened on
January 27,
2010, has been
under heavy fire
for problems
with falling
rocks and
mudslides,
primarily on the
section of the
road between
Orotina and
Atenas.
The week earlier
a woman died
while being a
passenger of a
motorcycle that
ran into a
gigantic rock
that came loos
from the rock
wall and landed
on the highway,
in the middle of
the night, in an
area with no
illumination.
Dozens of other
drivers have
filed claims
against
Autopista and
the MOPT for
damages to their
vehicles, and
more have
complained that
the road is
unsafe.
A Colegio
Federado de
Ingenieros y de
Arquitectos
report indicates
that the road is
unsafe in at
least 15 points
along its route.
The MOPT has
threatened to
shut down the
highway
completely is
Autopistas does
not provide a
plan of action
satisfying all
the concerns.
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