The Government of Mexico, through the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications, and Transport (SICT), has announced progress in the Road Infrastructure Program, which includes an investment of 56.549 billion pesos for 2025. This investment is expected to generate 162,093 direct and indirect jobs. Over the course of the current administration, a total investment of 369.814 billion pesos is planned, aiming to create more than one million jobs associated with the modernization of the country’s road network.
President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo emphasized that, under the Fourth Transformation, public resources are being reinvested in impactful public works such as roads, the Maya Train, and the Dos Bocas refinery. «Today in Mexico, infrastructure is built with public funds, without private concessions that limit access to services,» she stated during the morning conference «Las Mañaneras del Pueblo.
The program encompasses 109 kilometers of continuity works; 2,220 kilometers distributed across 10 priority corridors; 16 kilometers of bridges and interchanges; 904 kilometers of infrastructure under the General Plan Lázaro Cárdenas del Río in Oaxaca and Guerrero; and the rehabilitation of 68 bridges in Guerrero’s Road Program. Additionally, the construction of 2,107 kilometers of artisanal roads in 11 states is planned, along with over 58,000 kilometers of periodic and routine maintenance activities.
Infrastructure Secretary Jesús Antonio Esteva Medina detailed that 34.348 billion pesos will be allocated in 2025 exclusively for maintenance tasks. The first phase of the «Bachetón» initiative has been completed, addressing over 288,000 potholes across nearly 46,000 kilometers of roads. The next phase will focus on periodic maintenance of an additional 668 kilometers.
As part of operational strengthening, the federal government will acquire 20 repaving machines to be operated directly by the SICT and distributed across 12 states.
