The Government of Mexico, through the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport (SICT), announced that the National Highway Infrastructure Program has so far created 52,762 direct and indirect jobs, with a projected investment of 53.3 billion pesos for 2025 and a total of 372.8 billion pesos over the 2025–2030 six-year term.
During her morning press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo emphasized the scope of the plan, which includes work on 109 km of continuity roads, 2,220 km of priority corridors, 904 km under the Lázaro Cárdenas del Río Program, over 2,000 km of artisanal roads, 48,653 km of routine maintenance, and 10,000 km of periodic maintenance, as well as 16 km of bridges and highway interchanges.
The SICT also reported emergency operations in the aftermath of Hurricane Erick. Over 173,000 cubic meters of debris were cleared, and 10 bridges were inspected, allowing traffic to resume on both toll and non-toll federal highways within just 48 hours.
Key infrastructure milestones include the San Ignacio–Tayoltita segment (Sinaloa and Durango), set for completion in July; the Rizo de Oro Bridge (Chiapas), to be completed in October; and the Nichupté Bridge (Quintana Roo), expected in December. Other major roadworks underway include the Cuautla-Tlapa, Tamazunchale-Huejutla, Macuspana-Escárcega, Salina Cruz-Zihuatanejo segments, and the Tierra y Libertad Circuit, with progress ranging from 2% to 23%.
Among the 21 planned bridges and interchanges, construction has begun at the Fonatur Roundabout (Baja California), Alameda Oriente (Mexico City and State of Mexico), Arco Norte (Colima), and Jojutla (Morelos). Projects will soon begin in Colima, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Tlaxcala, and Veracruz, with more slated for 2026 in Morelos, Querétaro, Sinaloa, and Quintana Roo.
The Lázaro Cárdenas Program is currently operating with four active fronts, while the Guerrero Highway Program includes the reconstruction of five federal bridges and 12 highway segments, plus 63 bridges and 43 state roads—46 of which are already underway. On artisanal roads, 38 worksites are active, with 347 workers employed.
Additionally, the “Bachetón” pothole repair initiative is backed by 30 billion pesos in 2025 and a total of 219 billion pesos through 2030, targeting over 48,000 km annually across the non-toll federal highway network. Other modernization projects are progressing, including the Pátzcuaro-Uruapan and Armería-Manzanillo highways, the Lagos de Moreno bypass, mixed-investment projects in Tepic-Compostela and Córdoba-Orizaba, and feasibility studies by Banobras for major undertakings such as the Nuevo Laredo International Bridge and the Tijuana-Ensenada Bypass.
