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| Published Thursday, April 15, 2021
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Road Safety Council, known as Cosevi, announced the budget of $744,108 to build 15 miles (25 kilometers) of bike lanes.
According to Cosevi, the lanes will be built in San José downtown and the cantons of Montes de Oca, Desamparados. As well as in Chacarita Canton in Puntarenas Province.
The plan is to also fix 34.7 miles ( 56 km) of lanes already built in the cantons of Liberia, Bagaces, Puntarenas Centro, Esparza, Limón Centro, Cartago Centro, San José downtown and Montes de Oca.
"These works are the result of the joint task between the government, municipalities, international cooperation and society," said Claudia Dobles, first lady and promoter of the sustainable mobility plan. "These are safe spaces for biking, promoting sustainable mobility and contributing to the decarbonization goals of our country."
According to the Ministry of Public Works, although the roads were already built in Puntarenas, those require a large investment to make them 100% safe and functional for the more than 2,500 people who travel by those lanes.
In the case of the lane in Roble Canton, Puntarenas Province, it was financed by the German government agency for International Cooperation, known as GIZ.
Currently, the agency is also part of the institutions in charge of the construction of 2.48 miles (4 km) of highway in Tamarindo in Guanacaste Province.
In February, GIZ donated about $481,572 to build a lane between the cantons of Montes de Oca and Curridabat in San José Province, through their program EUROCLIMA +.
According to the European Union, EUROCLIMA + is a regional cooperation program that promotes environmentally sustainable and climate change resilient development in 18 Latin American countries.
The lane was built by the Center for Environmental Law, GIZ, and the Ministry of Transport.
“I am very pleased that our Euroclima + program has financed and been part of a project like this since it is a successful example that includes the actions of many actors; the EU, a member state, Costa Rican institutions such as ministries, municipalities, society and the community," María Antonia Calvo, ambassador of the European Union said.
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