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Miguel Jurado:
Roads
and railways
are his
main concerns
A good transport infrastructure is essen-
tial for the transport of people, public
administrations and companies. New
road and railway projects and upgrades
or maintenance of existing ones, have
the power to transform the social and
economic dynamics of a city. Neverthe-
less, careful planning and a lot of expe-
rience are necessary in order to reach
the essential balance of the demand of
all involved.
In April 2014, FCC inaugurated the Pa-
nama Metro, the first transport system
of its kind in Central America. We are
proud to say that, thanks to planning
and the commitment of many of the
stakeholders, we were able to deliver
the project in a record time of slightly
more than three years. The Metro Se-
cretariat of Panama, an agency of the
National Government, which commis-
sioned the construction and will also be
in charge of managing the new trans-
port system, calculates that Line One of
the metro will meet the transport needs
of a million people while, at the same
time, reducing traffic congestion in the
capital of Panama.
FCC also started building Line 2 of the
Lima Metro system. This is currently the
most important infrastructure project in
Latin America, stretching over 35 kilo-
metres and with 11,000 working in this
project. This megaproject will improve
the quality of life in Lima and will redu-
ce the travel time of a million Peruvians.
The project requires an investment of
4.4 billion euros and the first section is
expected to be completed in 2016.
We are pleased to share these conclusions
and hope that they help to gain a better un-
derstanding of the problems affecting citi-
zens, politicians, and companies on a daily
basis in an increasingly urbanised world.
Juan Béjar
vice-chairman and
CEO of the FCC Group
One of the best examples of the trans-
formation achieved by a transport in-
frastructure is the New Europe Bridge,
built by FCC and opened to the public
in December 2013. The 1.9 kilometre
long bridge , connecting the cities of Vi-
din (Bulgaria) and Calafat (Romania) has
reduced travel time from three hours
to just ten minutes and has become a
symbol of what can be achieved thanks
to the trans-border collaboration to con-
nect Europe. The European commissio-
ner for Regional Policy, Johannes Hahn,
praised the project since, in his opinion,
it “opens the gates to endless business
and research possibilities in both banks
of the River Danube”.
FCC Construcción, with the ongoing
metro projects in Riyadh, Doha, Lima,
and Bucharest, will continue to im-
plement the same planning approach
and the same commitment with which
it has successfully built more than 200
kilometres of high speed railway as well
as thousands of kilometres of roads,
highways and motorways throughout
the world.
Miguel Jurado
Chairman of FCC Construcción
t h e g r o u p