[News Boquete] Concrete Sample taken from new locks doesn't look good

A core sample taken from the concrete of the new Cocoli Locks complex showing a lot of air. 

 

A core sample pulled from the concrete of the Cocoli Locks where cracks and leaks have appeared does not bode well for the Panama Canal expansion project, which is on a strict deadline for completion in April 2016.

The crack and subsequent leaks appeared recently in the concrete of one of the interior chambers of the new Cocoli Locks on the Pacific side of the waterway during testing of the new locks.

According to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), the government agency responsible for the operation and management of the Panama Canal and the expansion project, the crack appeared in the "step", or sill, of lockhead 3 (LH3), dividing the middle chamber from the lower chamber of the Cocoli Lock complex.

Photo dated August 25, 2015 showing water leaking through cracks in the concrete of the new Cocoli Locks complex, located on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal.

 

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