Archive for April 23rd, 2009
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Two C-17 Globemasters landed yesterday at San Jose International Airport to deliver three UH-60 Black Hawks and medical equipment for use in Fuerzas Aliadas Humanitarias exercise in Costa Rica.
FA-HUM is a U.S. Southern Command sponsored Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief field training exercise and U.S. Army South is the executive agent. New Mexico National Guard will join other soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coast guard personnel and civilians from USSOUTHCOM, U.S. Army South, U.S. Joint Forces Command, and U.S. Air Force South.
With the arrival of the helicopters, soldiers of the NMNG rev up to begin operational support for the exercise. U.S. Army Capt. Paul Saiz, Commander of Charlie Company, 1-171st General Support Aviation Battalion, New Mexico National Guard, said, “This is a great opportunity for us to work with our Costa Rican partners and are glad that we are able to respond during our annual training to help them with their national emergency training.”
U.S. Coast Guard Commander Mark Camacho, Chief, U.S. Office of the Defense Representative, U.S. Embassy, Costa Rica, was at the flight line to meet the arrival of the aircraft and he actively engaged with the national and international print and broadcast media members who covered the event. (more…)
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
The news of the closing of the eastbound lane in Sabana Sur helped eliminate traffic congestion in the area, as the installation of a sewer main between MAG and Universal, as part of the widening of the road.
At its height the line of cars did not reach 500 metres at the Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (MAG), where eastbound traffic is rerouted to Pavas and Sabana norte.
The closure will continue until May 5, according to the contractor.
The road that runs parallel to the autopista and the Pavas train line, is an important connection to not only the south side of the Sabana, but also to the Hatillos, Alajuelita, Escazu and points west.
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Travelling from San Jose to Santa Ana on the carretera a Calera (autopista Prospero Fernandez) will cost, beginning the first week in May, ¢310 colones, each way. To get to Piedades and Cuidad Colon, add another ¢160 colones.
Those are the toll booth rates announced by the Ministerio de Obras Publicas y Transportes (MOPT) for the old-new highway from the Gimnasion Nacional in La Sabana to the Pacific port of Caldera.
The MOPT assures that the San Jose – Santa Ana portion of the road will be ready for the first week in May, at which time it will begin charging tolls, in both direction.
The road will have 28 toll booths (14 in each direction) west of the Escazu intersection and another 10 toll booths east of Piedades. In total, when the road is completed to Caldera, there will be 16 toll booths at Orotina, near Pozon. (more…)
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