Authorities Say Highway Link Between Vallarta and Guadalajara to be Completed in 2018 Mexico News Daily
go to original March 31, 2016

Once completed, the new highway will reduce the travel time between Guadalajara and Bucerías, a town to the north of Puerto Vallarta, from about five hours to two and a half.

Construction of the new freeway between Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta continues at a snail’s pace, but the Communications and Transportation Secretariat (SCT) insists it will be finished by 2018.

The first stage, between Jala and Compostela, was to be operational at the end of last year, according to the Jalisco Secretary of Tourism, but that target was not met.

The 156-kilometer project, initiated in December 2011, has been proceeding at a rate of just 5.16 kilometers a year, according to a report by Reforma. However, contracts have now been awarded for 78 kilometers, with two stretches of highway in Nayarit to be awarded this month...

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