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Mexico’s Puebla State has road plan under development

Mexico’s Puebla State has a road infrastructure plan under development. In all the work is expected to cost US$612.6 million, with the schedule seeing construction carried out from 2018-2019. The planned works include the La Galarza-Amatitlanes bypass, which will connect Puebla and Morelos. and a distributor road at Periferico Ecologico ring road. Work is being carried out on a 13.5km elevated road forming part of the Puebla to Mexico highway. Plans have been drawn up for upgrades to the road connecting
March 29, 2018 Read time: 1 min

Mexico’s Puebla State has a road infrastructure plan under development. In all the work is expected to cost US$612.6 million, with the schedule seeing construction carried out from 2018-2019. The planned works include the La Galarza-Amatitlanes bypass, which will connect Puebla and Morelos. and a distributor road at Periferico Ecologico ring road. Work is being carried out on a 13.5km elevated road forming part of the Puebla to Mexico highway. Plans have been drawn up for upgrades to the road connecting Tepeaca with Zacatepec and for the road between Tepeaca and Tecamachalco. Puebla’s road development programme has been planned by the Secretariat of Communications and Transport (SCT).

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