ABOUT THE LIVING LIFE IN COSTA RICA BLOG

I (Vicki Skinner - aka "THE Sarong Goddess") created this blog in 2007 to share DETAILED Finds•Lists•Info•Events•Experiences to help bring more EASE to people living in, visiting or thinking of moving to Costa Rica since DETAILS are NOT easy to find!
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Lindora Road is going to be EXPANDING!!! (you think traffic is bad NOW . . . .!!!!)

 (photo from La Nacion - Rebeca Arias)

So you think the traffic on the road from the Pista del Sol in Santa Ana - through Bosques de Lindora (aka Pozos de Santa Ana - let's be honest) to the Panasonic intersection in Belen was a NIGHTMARE?? 

It's about to get WORSE AND - for 2 years (which will probably translate to ___ years - which MY observation is things RARELY open anywhere near the projected date in Costa Rica)!!!!


They're FINALLY going to start to EXPAND that just one lane each way little piece of travel hell into

The new road (once it's FINALLY completed) will be 2 lanes each direction with a 5th middle Turning Lane.  The distance is 2 km•about 1.24 miles. This LITTLE section of road carries about 31,500 vehicles a day!!!!

Work is SUPPOSED to start the 1st quarter of 2014*.


*Anyone want to start taking bets on the REAL finish date or on future problems with it (often based on shabby jobs•quality, closed bids with contracts going to "friends"/people they're connected with, nepotism, "missing" funds I've observed SOOOO OFTEN in Costa Rica!!)??

Anyone else feel that NOW would be a GREAT time to see a new VOLUNTEER group form of regular CONCERNED citizens (concerned for the PEOPLE•country - NOT THEIR $$$pockets$$$ - and NON-government related people!!  People with NOTHING to gain from it other than the knowledge they're giving BACK to their country and it's people) that are TIRED of all the corruption that often goes on in such projects, to keep an eye on EVERY STEP of this project from where the money is going to quality control!!  To meet weekly at LEAST - a WATCH GROUP!!!  (maybe giving them a Transportation Stipend)


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