Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin shekarun 1960 da 1970, layin dogo ya shiga cikin koma baya, wanda girgizar kasa ta Managua ta kara tsanantawa
na 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.