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New Airport in the south Pacific of Costa Rica |
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In the past, the Southern Zone or the Whale Coast, as the locals like to call it, has been difficult to reach. Now, with improved roads, a new hospital and airport and a growing number of private shuttle services, it is much more accessible. However, it has kept the prices lower. President Oscar Arias Sanchez recently pushed the completion of the Costanera highway. Today, only one bridge still remains unfinished, decreasing the travel time between Quepos and Dominical from 2 hours to about 30 minutes. This project has been in the works for 37 years and is finally a dream come true. In 2013, the new International Airport located between the towns of Palmar Sur and Sierpe is due to be completed with allocated government funds. While only small flights will be admitted at first, eventually the plan is to have a runway to accommodate much larger aircrafts. This project is being constructed in a rice field, using the maximum, treeless flat area as an environmentally conservative approach. Studies on the impact on birds, animals and the surrounding mangrove and jungle are extensive, in an effort to make a minimal environmental impact. International
law requires a hospital to accommodate this type of airport.
The hospital in Cuidad Cortez was not sufficient. So, a new
85,000 sq. ft. facility was built on the Costanera Highway.
When it opened in April of 2008, the treatment facilities
included a state of the art ER, a pediatrics wind, neurology
center and an obstetrics and gynecology center. Plastic surgery
and joint replacement clinics will start springing up all over
soon. This new Airport will impact on all these locations
Mata Palo
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