 As of 2020 there are no current or planned connections to Panama or Nicaragua.There are plans and studies regarding the construction of an inter-oceanic dry canal () across the country, from the Caribbean sea to the Pacific ocean, through the northern plains of the country, in a similar and parallel route to the Route 4 road.The main way of merchandise transportation would be using railroad to transport container, with plans to build ten road lanes alongside the railroad tracks, two new ports on each coast terminus.