The Cabinet Council, through Cabinet Resolution No. 2 published in Official Gazette No. 30446 of January 19, 2026, approved the contracting — by exceptional procedure — between the National Railway Secretariat (SNDF) and the firm AECOM USA, Inc.

The contract covers technical and strategic advisory services for the development of 20% engineering of the Albrook–Sajalices segment and the consolidation of studies for the feasibility document of the Panama–David–Frontera train project, for an amount of B/.4,170,394.73, including ITBMS.

The Panama–David train is one of the largest-scale infrastructure projects on the national agenda, with implications for connectivity and logistics in the country's interior. This phase corresponds to engineering and feasibility studies, a step prior to construction and financing decisions.