Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo announced that the Highway Infrastructure Program will include a public and mixed investment of 397.046 billion pesos to intervene in nearly 5,000 kilometers of highways and roads, as well as 29 kilometers across 21 bridges, with the goal of strengthening connectivity, generating employment, and improving the population’s quality of life.
During her morning press conference, “Las mañaneras del pueblo,” the president described the initiative as an ambitious and historic program that will be implemented by the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) and the National Bank for Public Works and Services (Banobras) through the National Infrastructure Fund (Fonadin).
Sheinbaum highlighted that the plan will boost economic development in multiple regions of the country by facilitating mobility and reducing travel times. Among the projects mentioned were the Bavispe–Nuevo Casas Grandes highway, which connects the states of Sonora and Chihuahua, and the Tamazunchale–Huejutla section, which will strengthen connectivity in the Huasteca region.
Minister of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation Jesús Antonio Esteva Medina explained that the program includes the construction and modernization of priority corridors with an investment of 113.361 billion pesos covering approximately 2,500 kilometers of highways, in addition to work on 21 bridges with an investment of 13.558 billion pesos.
The plan also includes highway projects worth 120.127 billion pesos for nearly 980 kilometers, as well as mixed-investment schemes and projects for construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation. These works are expected to generate more than 177,000 direct jobs and 142,000 indirect jobs across several states in the country.
