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New Mexican motorways due for completion

New routes in Mexico will help boost transport. In all four major motorway projects are due for completion by the end of 2014. These projects are: the Colima-Tonila road section, which is costing US$36.3 million, the 29km Salamanca- Irapuato section of the Salamanca-Leon motorway, the 42.3km Oriente de Chihuahua bypass and the 3 km Mazatlan bypass. Additionally, the two-lane 55km Xcan-Playa del Carmen road has recently been inaugurated.
December 2, 2014 Read time: 1 min
New routes in Mexico will help boost transport. In all four major motorway projects are due for completion by the end of 2014. These projects are: the Colima-Tonila road section, which is costing US$36.3 million, the 29km Salamanca- Irapuato section of the Salamanca-Leon motorway, the 42.3km Oriente de Chihuahua bypass and the 3 km Mazatlan bypass. Additionally, the two-lane 55km Xcan-Playa del Carmen road has recently been inaugurated.

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