Panama Canal Expansion
Images showing the
progress of the Panama Canal Expansion first from back in 2006,
the
second image from June 2009, the third again from 2006 and the 4th image from 2015.
Note the hill in the in front of the bridge and then in the second image that hill is gone already
Before and after (top from 2006 and below 2015)
Look at the new locks from the Pacific end of the Canal. Image taken
May of 2015 The first phase of the expansion project is the dry excavations of
the 218 meter (715 ft) wide trench Construction of two lock complexes Excavation of new access channels to the new
locks and the widening of existing navigational channels & Deepening of the navigation channels and the
elevation of Gatun Lakes maximum operating levels.
Panorama View from the Ancon Hill of the Miraflores Locks and
the New Locks. 1915.
connecting the Culebra Cut with
the Pacific coast, removing 47 million cubic meters of earth and
rock. (see images above)
The Third Set of Locks Project will
expand the Panama Canal.
The expansion will be greater than at any
time since the canal's construction.
The Panama Canal Authority
proposed the project after years of study.
Panamanian President
Martin Torrijos presented the plan on April 24, 2006
and Panamanian
citizens approved it in a national referendum by 76.8%
of the vote
on October 22, 2006.
The project will double the canal's capacity
and allow more traffic.
Panorama View
of the planed new Locks on the Pacific side next to the old
Miraflores Locks.
Image
from Canal de Panama.
The project will create a new lane of
traffic along the Canal by constructing a new set of locks.
Details
of the project include the following integrated components:
one on the
Atlantic side and another on the Pacific side
each with three
chambers, which include three water-saving basins;