QCOSTARICA In 2001, only 600,000 owners of vehicles paid the Marchamo, the annual circulation permit. By December of last year, Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS), which is responsible for the collection, reports receiving payment for 1.6 million Marchamos. This is almost triple growth in just over 20 years, which explains the serious traffic congestion…
QCOSTARICA Failure to heed to recommendations by the Laboratorio Nacional de Materiales y Modelos Estructurales (Lanamme) of the University of Costa Rica (UCR), is mostly likely the reason for the failure of the pedestriation bridge over the Circunvalacion in the area of the parque La Paz, that today is in its third day of…
QCOSTARICA The newly expanded Limonal-Cañas section of the Interamericana Norte (Ruta 1) already shows signs of premature deterioration. This, regardless of the fact that the expansion of that highway was officially inaugurated just six months ago, according to the Laboratorio Nacional de Materiales y Modelos Estructurales (Lanamme) de la Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR)…
QCOSTARICA - The Laboratorio Nacional de Materiales y Modelos Estructurales (LanammeUCR) - National Laboratory of Materials and Structural Models (LanammeUCR), alerted about the state of the bridges located on the Ruta 27, between San José and Caldera. The inspection revealed that 41 of the 43 structures are in a "fair" (32) or "deficient" (9) condition,…