Paraiso Hill, where work on the first dry excavation contract (Pacific Access Channel 1 – PAC 1) of the Canal Expansion Program is executed. Also, wildlife can be observed in the surroundings of the Panama Canal area. At the upper right, the Centenary Bridge (Puente Centenario), one of the two bridges that span the Canal.

In the first two months, the second dry excavation contract for the Pacific Access Channel (PAC 2) removed 263,246 cubic meters of material. In the background, Bridge of the Americas (Puente de las Americas), the other fixed bridge spanning the canal. 

Night operations at Paraiso Hill (Pacific Access Channel 1 – PAC 1). In the background, Pedro Miguel locks., and at the upper right, Miraflores locks.

Daytime operations at Paraiso Hill (Pacific Access Channel 1 – PAC 1).

A boa constrictor at the Panama Canal area is rescued and relocated.

The works of the Panama Canal expansion protect wildlife. Here, a crocodile is moved to a safer place.