Mexico’s US$2.01bn for 2014 road work tenders

Mexico's Secretariat for Transport and Communications (SCT) has released US$2.01 billion (MXN 27 billion) for road work tenders to be carried out in 2014. In total, $4.489 billion (MXN 60 billion) will be spent on such projects this year. As previously reported in World Highways, tenders for 13 projects covering work to repair, upgrade and widen over 2,000km of roads have already been revealed. Tenders being opened will also include building bridges and bypasses around congested urban areas. Key tenders in
February 3, 2014 Read time: 1 min
RSSMexico's Secretariat for Transport and Communications (SCT) has released US$2.01 billion (MXN 27 billion) for road work tenders to be carried out in 2014. In total, $4.489 billion (MXN 60 billion) will be spent on such projects this year.

As previously reported in World Highways, tenders for 13 projects covering work to repair, upgrade and widen over 2,000km of roads have already been revealed. Tenders being opened will also include building bridges and bypasses around congested urban areas. Key tenders include 48 in Chiapas, 35 projects in Oaxaca, 24 in San Luis Potosi and 11 in Guerrero and Veracruz.
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