Mexico to allocate $3.3 billion for road infrastructure in 2016

Mexico’s sub-secretary of infrastructure, Raul Murrieta Cummings, has announced that the Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transport will US$3.3 billion in road infrastructure projects during 2016. Murrieta indicated that works will be carried out on 20 motorways and 10 federal roads. By the end of the year, SCT expects to complete 40 motorways and 63 federal roads out of a programme of 52 motorways and 80 roads scheduled for the current term. Murrieta specified that 18,000km of road infrastru
February 9, 2016 Read time: 1 min
Mexico’s sub-secretary of infrastructure, Raul Murrieta Cummings, has announced that the Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transport will US$3.3 billion in road infrastructure projects during 2016.

Murrieta indicated that works will be carried out on 20 motorways and 10 federal roads. By the end of the year, SCT expects to complete 40 motorways and 63 federal roads out of a programme of 52 motorways and 80 roads scheduled for the current term.

Murrieta specified that 18,000km of road infrastructure had been built between 2012 and 2015.
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