Mexico’s road development programme to continue

Mexico is setting a budget for road development works during the coming year. A budget of US$4.14 billion has been set for rebuilding existing roads and building new links during 2019. This budget has been set by the Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transport (SCT). Projects being prioritised include the completion of Oaxaca-Puerto Escondido and Oaxaca-Mitla-Tehuantepec Isthmus roads. Maintenance work, link roads from highways to towns and upgrades to 5,500km of roads across the country will also b
January 3, 2019 Read time: 1 min

Mexico is setting a budget for road development works during the coming year. A budget of US$4.14 billion has been set for rebuilding existing roads and building new links during 2019. This budget has been set by the Mexican Secretariat of Communications and Transport (SCT). Projects being prioritised include the completion of Oaxaca-Puerto Escondido and Oaxaca-Mitla-Tehuantepec Isthmus roads. Maintenance work, link roads from highways to towns and upgrades to 5,500km of roads across the country will also be carried out.

The federal budget for road construction projects will be worth $506.2 million. The SCT has plans to modernise 251.5km of the federal road network. This work includes building the El Ocotlan beltway, widening a 104.2km stretch of the Oaxaca-Puerto Escondido-Huatulco road, and finishing work on the 104.3km Barranca Larga-Ventanilla motorway linking Oaxaca City to the Pacific Coast.

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