Mexico earmarks 70 billion pesos for highway conservation and job creation

Mexico's federal government announced a 70 billion‑peso (70 mil mdp) National Road Conservation Program for the 2024‑2027 period, covering 18,000 km of toll, free and feeder roads and 888 km of artisan roads. The plan includes acquisition of 62 pothole‑repair machines, repaving of 4,000 km of toll roads, and creation of about 100,000 jobs (direct and indirect). Funding is allocated across five geographic blocs, with billions of pesos earmarked for each region and hundreds of work fronts already active.

In the state of Guerrero, Governor Evelyn Salgado Pineda reported that more than 2.7 billion pesos have been spent since taking office on 469 road projects, including paving, rehabilitation, and construction of 42 new bridges and repair of 10 others. The works target rural connectivity, flood‑damaged routes, and hurricane‑affected bridges, employing local labour and coordinating with the federal Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport.