Associated Projects
The governments and institutions involved in the PPP have refrained from releasing specific information about which highways, electric lines, etc. are part of PPP initiatives. In some cases, projects formerly considered a part of the PPP have been removed from the plan, although the projects themselves have proceeded, often under the funding of the BCIE rather than the IDB. In other cases, PPP projects have been cancelled entirely.
Two well-known, ongoing PPP projects are the Electric Integration System for Central America (SIEPAC) and the Mesoamerican Transport Integration Initiative, or International Network of Mesoamerican Highways (RICAM). SIEPAC involves the construction of 2,100 kilometers of energy line from Mexico to Panama, costing an estimated $390 million. One of the goals of the project is to be able to sell electricity generated in the region to the United States.
The Mesoamerican Biological Corridor was formerly in the scope of the PPP but is no longer classified as such.
Initially, the PPP included plans for an airport in San Salvador Atenco, Mexico. These plans were abandoned after a nine-month struggle by farmers protesting the expropriation of their land for the construction.
The Anillo Periférico highway in San Salvador, El Salvador, was part of the initial PPP, but since 2003 the IDB has maintained that it is no longer included in the plan. The same phenomenon has occurred with La Parota Dam in the Mexican state of Guerrero. Both projects are still being promoted by their respective national governments.
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