MCC Border Crossing Infrastructure

El Salvador Investment Compact - Infrastructure Project - Border Crossing Infrastructure activity: The Activity seeks to relieve the freight and passenger traffic congestion at the border crossing into Honduras at El Amatillo by: (A) rehabilitating and improving up to a 5.74 kilometer road from Agua Salada to El Amatillo; and (B) improving and modernizing the border crossing facilities on the Salvadoran side of the La Amistad Bridge and the site on the Pan American Highway.

Specifically, MCC Funding and the Government Contribution will support: implementation of construction activities for the improvement, and rehabilitation of the road from Agua Salada to El Amatillo; land acquisition (including RAP implementation, as applicable) for the road and one control center (with two control stations); implementation of environmental and social mitigation measures as identified in the ESIAs, Strategic RAP, and specific RAPs, or as otherwise may be appropriate; the construction of the control center, including buildings, internal access and connecting roads, parking areas, stormwater drainage, potable water supply system, wastewater treatment plant, lighting, and other infrastructure components that may be necessary for the effective functioning of these control stations; and Project management, supervision, technical services required for implementation, and auditing, as appropriate.