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A renovated(and more secure?) canal
Will the renovated canal get a security upgrade too? The Panama canal is one of the most critical waterways in the world. If terrorists were to shut it down, the economic effect would be felt world-wide. The canal needs to be upgraded for all the rea…
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[…] Polibloger wrote about Panama’s vote to expand it’s canal and I asked my Birminghamian Panamanian interlocutor what he thought. This is it: After a vote of about 38 - 40% of the voters the expansion project was approved. I wish them success with the project. It may very well flood out a number of residents by the expansion, but that’s progress. If they hadn’t approved the project there would have been a great deal of competition from the same undertaking north of them. I think their estimate of the $5.1 Bil is going to be the big problem, as it will be quite a bit higher when completed. Galliard Cut will have to be both widened and made deeper to handle the proposed traffic. I think the locks project probably will come into the $8 to $10 Bil range, discounting the “Cut.” I know both entrances, Atlantic and Pacific, and the Pacific side will be the biggest problem. […]
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