The nation’s emergency commission has approved 950 million colons, some $1.9 million, for repair work in San Carlos and in Guanacaste.

Some 120 million colons ($233,000) go to build a bridge over the La Florida ditch in Ciudad Quesada. The emergency commission’s board of directors also authorized spending 14 million colons ($27,000) to clean and channelize the Santa Rita in Florencia de San Carlos  and 8 million colons ($15,500) to restore a bank of the  Río San Rafael.

The  Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos y Atención de Emergencias took these actions after its president Daniel Gallardo took a tour of the area. The damage comes from heavy rains last year.

Some 185 million colons ($359,000) will go to recondition the Belén-Huacas-Villarreal highway and 588 million colons ($1.14 million) will repair 21 kilometers (123 miles) of Highway 155 between Belén-Villarreal.