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Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela
tours FCC’s work site
Juan Carlos Varela, president of Panama,
accompanied by the Minister of Canal
Affairs and the manager of Panama’s me-
tro, Roberto Roy, toured the work site of
the Line 2 metro of Panama and the Ciu-
dad de la Salud project, both projects being
developed by FCC in this Central American
country.
During the work visit by Panama’s president
and his delegation, Manuel Antonio Oliva-
res, manager of FCC Construcción Centro-
américa, and Juan Antonio del Saz, mana-
ger of the Ciudad Salud Project, informed
the president of the progress achieved at
each of the projects.
In the first part of the tour of Line 2 of the Me-
tro, FCC managers explained to the ministe-
rial team of the 15% progress achieved to
date in the project and, in respect of Ciudad
de la Salud, conceived as the most modern
hospital in Central America, they reported
that 45% progress has been made.
Expected to be in operations by December
2018, Line 2 of Panama’s metro, worth an
investment of more than 1.8 million do-
llars, will stretch over 21 kilometres above
ground, will have 16 stations, and will trans-
port in its initial phase, 16,000 passengers
per hour in both directions. President Va-
rela, during his visit, requested that the
project should be completed by December
2018, five months earlier than the date ori-
ginally contemplated.
Work at Ciudad de la Salud, currently in the
redesign phase, as requested by its deve-
loper, Caja de Seguro Social, is progressing
in respect of the definition of its facilities and
fittings, as well as in the hiring of 200 wor-
kers. The workforce will be gradually increa-
se in order to comply with the terms for the
delivery of the project by the third quarter
of 2018.
Marietta Jaén, the deputy-minister of Pu-
blic Works, joined the tour of Ciudad de la
Salud, started at the facilities of the visitor’s
centre. The group then inspected the areas
that will be used as the amphitheatre of the
complex, known as the Hospital Street, the
emergency area, and the upper floors of the
facilities.
Ciudad de la Salud,
currently in the redesign
phase at the request of the
sponsor, progresses 45%
Construction of Line 2
of the Metro
advances 15%