Caracol Road On Its Way To Opening

And the next mega-project that the MIDH is working on is the Caracol Road in the Cayo District - a long winding road to the iconic Maya Temple. And though that project is still in progress, today Minister Espat says they may soon need to do a soft opening. Here's what he told us.

Julius Espat, Minister of Infrastructure
"We were planning to wait for the entire road to be completed to do an opening. But I am recommending to the staff that we do a soft opening because the San Antonio area is open already. Up to Pinol is completed. And so I am I am thinking that this area will do an opening for that section and then wait for the second section to finished and be completed to do a final opening."

"That's a wow. That's another beautiful area. This road to me and I have you've heard me in the past. I criticize more the Caracol on this one. Why? Not because of the engineering of it. But this road has serious economic benefits and it helps communities. The the Caracol Road that goes to San Antonio and Georgeville I also was one of them that I agreed with that part."

"But the part that leads from Pinole all the way to Caracol, I would have loved that road to be George Price highway or something else where we use it on an everyday basis. It was just a matter of priority. But again, it's there. Contracts have been drawn. We had to be responsible and completed."

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