Over the next three years, two Puerto Rico highways will undergo a $56 million facelift en route to becoming world-class roads, so said the new private-sector consortium of Goldman Sachs Infrastructure Partners/Abertis, upon signing a 40-year management contract with the government at La Fortaleza Monday.
Saying the private sector is as responsible as the government for ensuring that transportation infrastructure is in good shape, Orlando Gotay, the highest-ranked Puerto Rican in the U.S. Department of Transportation, urged “more action and participation” from them, as well as regular citizens, in the decision-making process to address Puerto Rico’s present and future needs.
The Gov. Luis Fortuño administration announced Monday its decision to turn over the management and upkeep of two island highways, PR-22 and PR-5, to the consortium of Goldman Sachs and Abertis, through a 40-year contract worth more than $1.4 billion.
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