Now rainwater has a course to follow in downtown Nosara. The new 500-meter long curb and gutter stretch from the soccer field to the Rancho Tico restaurant, with a cost of over 10 million colones.

Work began in late July and is supposed to be ready by the beginning of September. According to Marcos Avila, President of the Nosara Development Association, labor cost amounted to 3 million 700 thousand colones.

Although the Association's previous board had begun to negotiate various road improvement projects since 2008, it was not until July 2011 that work on the curb and gutter began.

Construction materials were purchased by Nicoya's Municipalidad, with a cost of six and a half million colones. The tender was won by the company, Materiales de Construcción Nosara.

The project's second phase will extend from the police station (Fuerza Pública) to the EBAIS however, there is still no start date or budget.

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