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Undersigned the agreement in order to complete the third series of closed of the channel of Panama hat
the plan of widening of the channel records an advance of 78%
August 5, 2014
the plan of widening of the channel records an advance of 78%
slid Friday, to five months from the attainment of a preliminary understanding which signed 13th March(of 28 February 2014), the Autoridad of the Canal de Panama City (the ACP) and the consortium Grupos Unidos por el Canal (GUPC), that the Sacyr Vallehermoso Spanish is composed of, from the Salt Italian, the Belgian Jan de Nul and the Panamanian Urban Construction, has undersigned the variation to the contract that formalizes the agreements reached to March in order to complete the construction of the third closed series of the channel of Panama hat, that they constitute the main participation of the plan of widening of the Central American channel.
Such variation, however - it has specified the ACP - does not include the eventual acknowledgment of the overcoming of the costs previewed for the realization of the plan or the payment of the lefts: "the claims of the GUPC - it has confirmed the authority - must be second managed the clauses previewed from the contract". The variation to the contract - it has specified the consortium - has the objective "to allow to co-finance the intense activities of the third closed series of the channel of Panama hat, for the attainment of the objectives of 13 the memorandum of understanding signed March of this year".
"Now, what is left to make - the administrator of the ACP, Jorge Luis Quijano has commented - is to continue to work with the engagement to follow through a job that already is realized for 78%". The Panamanian authority has specified that if , the phase of planning and construction of the closed new, that is at the expense of GUPC, have reached 73%.
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