PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama Canal Administrator Jorge Quijano said Wednesday the agency has reached tentative agreement with contractors on some of the issues that have stalled work on the biggest expansion of the waterway in a century.

But Quijano also told a meeting of Panama’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry that the Panama Canal Authority might take over the project if no final agreement is reached this week.

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