Highway Improvement and New Airport Expected to Boost Tourism in Costa Alegre Mexico News Daily
go to original April 16, 2016

Tourism in the state of Jalisco should get a major boost with new infrastructure development in the Costa Alegre region.

The Costa Alegre consists of a series of 43 virgin beaches, capes and bays distributed along the Pacific coast between the major tourist centers of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, and Manzanillo, Colima.

A project long in the making is the extension and modernization of federal highway 200, which runs from Puerto Vallarta to Barra de Navidad, which authorities say is soon to be finished after two years of work.

Another major infrastructure project in the area is the Chalacatepec airport, which could be ready for its first airplane in just a year and a half.

The runway has been ready for the last four years but the state government still must conclude expropriation agreements with community landowners for the terrain that surrounds what will be the airport proper.

The payout will cost 15 million pesos (US $858,000), while the construction of a road to give area residents access to the main highway without crossing the runway represents an additional 17 million.

Once ready, the 90-million-peso airport will be able to accommodate 170-passenger aircraft, and both commercial and private flights...

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