New highways opening in Mexico

Mexico’s national infrastructure programme, PNI, is helping to extend the country’s highway network and improve connectivity. In the period from 2014-2018, a total of 2,772km of new Federal Highways will be opened to traffic. There will be 46 new highways completed in this period. Key projects include the Mexico-Tuxpan, Oaxaca-Istmo, Tuxpan-Tampico, Atizapan-Atlacomulco and Cardel-Poza Rica highways. Five of the 46 highways planned are already complete, while 27 are under construction and tenders are being
May 12, 2014 Read time: 1 min
Mexico’s national infrastructure programme, PNI, is helping to extend the country’s highway network and improve connectivity. In the period from 2014-2018, a total of 2,772km of new Federal Highways will be opened to traffic. There will be 46 new highways completed in this period. Key projects include the Mexico-Tuxpan, Oaxaca-Istmo, Tuxpan-Tampico, Atizapan-Atlacomulco and Cardel-Poza Rica highways. Five of the 46 highways planned are already complete, while 27 are under construction and tenders are being prepared for a further 14. In all these projects are costing some US$99.22 billion.

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