Plans for New Airport in Orotina, Costa Rica on Hold

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A year and a half have gone by since the Solis Administration announced it had received the complete report regarding the technical viability for the international airport in Orotina, Alajuela, it also presented a few weeks later the much-awaited masterplan for the proposed project; this airport was meant to replace the Juan Santamaria International Airport which supposedly will be unable to meet future passenger demand beyond 2026.
Yet, for the current government this project is not a priority.
“The country has a series of works that require attention, not everything can be done at the same time, we will carry out a masterplan that will tell us at what moment it (the Orotina Airport) will be necessary”, commented the Minister of Public Works and Transportation, Rodolfo Méndez Mata, in an interview with national daily La Nacion.

The first stage of the Orotina Airport was supposed to be ready by 2027; and it involved an investment of close to $2 billion USD.
Minister Mata also stated he is not concerned about the capacity of the Juan Santamaria Airport, since this airport is currently undergoing several works with an investment of close to $100 million and that will carry out for close to two years.
In May of 2016 a $1.8 million contract with British engineering company Mott Macdonald was signed to conduct a technical and financial feasibility study regarding the construction of the International Metropolitan Airport of Costa Rica; this study confirmed that the areas of Mastate, Ceiba and Coyolar in the county of Orotina are viable for the development of this project. It has the appropriate altitude (250 meters above sea level) and a low impact of winds.
 

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