C.J. Schexnayder Cracks in the roads hampered the delivery of assistance into the damage zone from Lima. LIMA, Peru – With the award of the final two contracts for the $1.3–billion Interoceanic Highway that will create a paved connection between Peru's Pacific coast and the Altlantic, the necessity for improvements for the country's North–South coastal corridor – the Pan–American Highway – has become even more critical. But when the 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck the southern coast of Peru earlier this month, it threw an ongoing upgrade effort into disarray. The Aug. 15 earthquake caused severe cracking along the highway and
The $1.3 billion Interoceanic Highway project in Southern Peru will create a road connection linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans across the South American Continent.
