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Built by FCC in a partnership with
Odebrecht
Prince Felipe and Princess
Letizia of Asturias visited
the Panama City Metro,
currently under
construction by FCC
together with Brazilian
company Odebrecht, during
their official visit to Panama.
The team in charge from
FCC led by the company’s
directors for Latin America,
Eugenio del Barrio, and for
Central America, Julio Casla,
shared details of the project
with the Prince
and Princess.
The objective of the official visit is to show
support for the Spanish companies opera-
ting in Panama, which are contributing to
the country’s economic and social develo-
pment and strengthening existing ties bet-
ween the two countries.
Their Royal Highnesses were received by
representatives from the Panama Metro
Secretariat and the Línea Uno consortium,
which is responsible for the construction of
Line 1 of the city’s metro and is led by FCC
and Odebrecht. The Prince and Princess
visited the Trinchera Norte portal, on Simón
Bolívar Avenue.
The Metro, which is the flagship project of
Panama president Ricardo Martinelli’s ad-
ministration, is 45% complete according to
data from the Panama Metro Secretariat.
It is scheduled for completion in the first
quarter of 2014, when trains will travel the
13.7 km route in just 22 minutes. Of that
distance, 7.5 km will be tunnels, 4.9 km will
be elevated and 1.3 km will be in trenches.
Approximately one million people will bene-
fit directly from Metro Line 1, which will run
from the Grand National Transport Terminal
in Albrook to the Los Andes shopping cen-
tre, in the town of San Miguelito.
visit
the Panama City
Metro work site
The
Prince
and
Princess
of
Asturias