An idle digger is seen at the construction site of the Panama Canal Expansion project on the outskirts of Colon City February 12, 2014. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Work on the multibillion dollar Panama Canal expansion project, which ground to a halt amid a cost row, will restart on Thursday, the administrator of the major world waterway said on Wednesday.
A Spanish-led construction consortium and the Panama Canal Authority have also given themselves 72 hours to agree on other key issues that have divided them, the authority said in a statement.
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