Mexico’s federal government reported that it invested 1,558.4 million pesos in the construction and modernization of nine federal highways and the execution of two programs (right-of-way release and, studies and projects) the first half of 2022.
From September 2021 to June 2022, the following actions were carried out:
72.8 kilometers of federal highways were built and modernized with an investment of 3,764 million pesos.
Four works were completed with an investment of 2,707.8 million pesos:
– Ensenada bypass, in Baja California.
– Izúcar de Matamoros-Huajuapan de León, section: Izúcar de Matamoros-Acatlán de Osorio, in Puebla.
– Section: Periférico Ecológico-Atlixco, in Puebla.
– PSV Entronque Ruiz Cortines, Mexico-Nogales, in Sinaloa.
Federal Highways
Work also began on two projects in the tourist area of Cancun, Quintana Roo: Rehabilitation of the MEX-307 Reforma Agraria-Puerto Juarez Highway, Section: Colosio Boulevard and Cancun Airport Junction.
At the same time, the government continued with the construction and modernization of works such as: Acapulco-Huatulco, section: Las Vigas, border between the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero, Guerrero; Modernization of the federal highway Mex-085 Portezuelo-Cd. Valles, San Luis Potosí; Estación Chontalpa-Entronque Las Choapas-Ocozocoautla Highway, Tabasco; La Ventosa-Acayucan, Oaxaca and Veracruz; and Ozuluama-Tampico, Veracruz.
Trunk highway corridors
The government made 59 kilometers of progress in the construction and/or modernization of 12 federal concession highways:
Barranca Larga-Ventanilla, Cardel-Poza Rica, Ecatepec-Peñón, Las Varas-Puerto Vallarta, Mitla- Tehuantepec, Tuxtla Gutiérrez-San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Libramiento Ciudad Juárez, Pátzcuaro-Uruapan, Compostela-Las Varas, Ramal Guadalupe Victoria, Viaducto Santa Catarina and Ecuandureo-La Piedad.
On the other hand, the operation of four new stretches of federal concession highways began, covering 134.1 kilometers:
– The 21-kilometer Libramiento Poniente de Acapulco, in the state of Guerrero, was put into operation in April 2022.
– The 76.3-kilometer Laguna Verde-Nautla section of the Cardel-Poza Rica highway, in the state of Veracruz, began operating in April 2022.
– The Las Varas-Puerto Vallarta highway began operating with the opening of the 24.3-kilometer Entronque El Capomo-Entronque La Florida section, in the state of Nayarit.
– In April 2022, the Nabor Carrillo-Tequisistlán section of the Ecatepec-Peñón highway, with a length of 12.5 kilometers in the state of Mexico, began operating.
Finally, the government completed the modernization of the Mexico-Pachuca highway to eight lanes along 15.6 kilometers, with an investment of 2.64 billion pesos, in the state of Mexico.
