Assembly committee approves more than $4 million for railway studies and consulting

The National Assembly's Budget Committee approved a transfer of more than $4 million for railway studies and technical consulting involving AECOM and Renfe. During the hearing, officials also described a possible relocation of the planned container yard from Albrook toward Corozal.

Background & context

The transfer funds studies and consulting, not construction. AECOM holds the $4.17 million engineering and feasibility contract approved by the Cabinet in January 2026; Renfe was later contracted directly to review the conceptual designs, including the canal bridge.

The container-yard relocation was described as a possibility during the hearing. No final decision on its location had been announced in the sources reviewed.