A consortium of Barcelona Metropolitan Transport, Ayesa, Spain, and Louis Berger, United States, has been awarded a $US 32m five-year contract by Metro Panama to provide project management, coordination and technical assistance on the construction of the second metro line in Panama City.

The 23km 15-station line will run on a mostly-elevated alignment from an interchange with Line 1 at San Miguelito serving the districts of December 24 and New Tocumen before terminating at La Doña.

TMB and Ayesa provided project management and supervision services on the 13.7km Line 1, which opened in April this year.