The Panama Canal expansion project

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal_expansion_project

http://micanaldepanama.com/expansion/

https://www.google.ca/search?q=new+panama+canal&safe=off&espv=2&biw=1920&bih=971&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0CAUQ_AUoAGoVChMI54KYyqO3xwIVFBKSCh30Cg38&dpr=1

Panama is right in the middle of the Americas, but it's hardly isolated.

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/aug/19/where-worlds-most-remote-city