Kammala wannan jumla: A cikin shekarun 1960 da 1970, hanyar jirgin kasa ta shiga cikin raguwa, wanda ya kara tsanantawa ta hanyar
Girgizar kasa ta Managua a shekara ta 1972. Gwamnati ta mayar da martani ga wannan ta hanyar gina reshe na kilomita 25.4 daga Ceiba Mocha zuwa Puerto Somoza (yanzu Puerto Sandino) a 1976. Wannan ya kara yawan ayyukan samarwa da kudaden shiga, amma bai canza yanayin dogon lokaci ba. Tallafin gwamnati yana ƙaruwa koyaushe kuma jigilar fasinjoji yana raguwa. Tsohon layin Corinto - León an watsar da shi a 1982 lokacin da ambaliyar ruwa ta lalata waƙoƙin. A cikin 1993, har yanzu akwai kilomita 373 na ƙananan hanyoyi a cikin yankin Pacific da kuma nisan kilomita 3 na daidaitaccen layi a Puerto Cabezas a cikin Caribbean. Jiragen kasa da yawa a kowace rana suna ɗaukan fasinjoji daga Managua zuwa Granada, ko kuma daga babban birnin zuwa León.