The tolls on the brand-new highway San Jose – Caldera will be going down as of April 1, 2010.
The new rates were published by the road concessionaire, Autopistas del Sol, in Friday's La Nacion.
The new toll charges for passenger vehicles and motorcycles at Escazú will come down to ¢300 (currently ¢320); ¢460 (currently ¢490) at San Rafael (La Guacima); ¢610 (currently ¢640) at Atenas; and ¢460 (currently ¢480) at Pozón. The new total toll charge will be ¢1.830 (currently ¢1.930).
Under the concession contract, Autopistas del Sol can adjust the toll charges quarterly. The reduction was caused by the lower dollar exchange rate.
Drivers who have been thinking of getting a "Quick Pass" to breeze through the toll of the San José – Caldera highway will have to wait a month or more as the HSBC bank, the only provider of the Quick Pass has run out of units.
The bank, in an exclusive agreement with the Autopistas del Sol, can only put potential users on a waiting list, promising to supply the units by the middle of March at the earliest. Read more »
On Monday the Autoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicos (ARESEP) approved an increase in taxi fares of 24%, giving in to the pressures of the Federación Nacional de Taxis.
The taxi association insisted that operating costs, like gasoline, circulation rights, salaries, have all gone up, justifying an increase.
The new taxi rates that will take effect in January will see the first kilometre jump to 510 colones from the current 455 colones.
Many Ticos still use local taxis a lot, though because of the few recent fare increases the illegal taxis (called "piratas") are becoming more and more popular.
The lawmakers approved on second reading a measure that will postpone until March 1 the part of the new traffic law (that has bee called "draconian") that includes larger fines for traffic law violations.
The vote also covered the corrections to misnumbered paragraphs in the original law that passed in December of last year.
The majority of the traffic law goes into effect this Wednesday, September 23rd.
After September 16 it will cost you 25 colones more (the first kilometre, 455 colones) and 30 colones more (416 colones - all subsequent kilometres). The increase will become effective right after it is published in the "La Gaceta" official newspaper.
In March, the Authoridad Regulatora de Servicios Publicos cut taxi fares slightly (about 1%), saying that the gasoline prices went down.
Don’t forget that you’re paying for any tolls on your trip as well.
Costa Rican have inaugurated the Heredia – San Jose train today. The regular service is commencing Monday.
This is the third or fourth announcement of a possible start of service. The first said service would begin in December. Read more »
It was announced yesteray that on August 5 the tolls at Escazú will increase by 10 colones, to a total of 320 colones each way. The information signs were posted past the toll booths.
The director of the Imprenta Nacional (National Printer), Nelson Loaiza, confirmed that the decree to reinstate the vehicular restrictions of San Jose will be published today, Monday, July 20, and as such will go into effect beginning at 6 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, July 21.
The minister of MOPT, said last week that the vehicular restrictions will begin this week, possibly Tuesday and that the Policia de Tránsito is all set to uphold the restrictions.
It must be some sort of a legal record for the slow-paced Costa Rica. The previous restriction was thrown away by the court on June 12. Read more »
The highway that connects San Jose – Juan Santamaria International airport – Alajuela will be partially closed tonight from 10 pm to 5 am tomorrow.
Important! The highway will be closed completely from midnight Friday to 5 am Monday. Detours will be only via secondary roads. Read more »
Several months ago HSBC started offering the “Quick Pass”, a previously unknown device (for Costa Rica) that would speed a driver through the toll stations of the updated highway from San Jose to the port of Caldera, saving 10 or more minutes at each passing. Read more »
After the annual vehicle inspection, the Riteve reports an item either as insignificant (”leve”) or serious (”grave”)”. Although a vehicle inspection can be passed with several “leve” items, just one “grave” problem will fail the inspection. Read more »
A water line under the Heredia – La Uruca highway broke on Sunday, and as a result, a quickly formed giant hole cut off two lanes. The damaged road is south of the bridge over the Rio Virilla. Officials are asking drivers to avoid this very congested route.
Because of the urgency, the transport ministry is lending machinery to the Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados to aid in the repair of that massive hole that makes the commute even worse than usual.
The train has been carrying passengers since Monday, but it appears that the officials are trying to keep it a secret. The Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles has not announced the start of service, although there has been traffic each day.
Passengers can purchase a 350-colon (60 cents) ticket at several train stations. The passenger cars are air conditioned, have a television showing ads and the seats are quite comfortable. Those are the cars that were recently purchased from the Spanish company.
Autopista del Sol was authorized by the Consejo Nacional de Concesiones to begin collecting tolls on a newly renovated stretch of the Autopista Próspero Fernández between Parque La Sabana and Ciudad Colón. This is the first section of the highway that will go all the way to Caldera on the Pacific coast. Read more »
The price regulating agency announced an increase to become effective next Thursday. The increase will be around 8 percent based on the devaluation of the colon and the world price of crude.
Diesel will cost 400 colons (69 cents) per litre. Plus goes up to 472 colons(82 cents), and Super increases to 492 colons (85 cents) per litre.
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March 26, 2010 9:06 pm
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