Repair, maintenance and construction work to three bridges in Mexico’s Colima State will be carried out at a cost of around $108 million. Two of the bridges require repairs, forming part of the wider programme to tackle damage to the state’s road network in the wake of Hurricane Lidia.
The Tepalcates II Bridge will require the most work and needs repairs to address damage caused by Hurricane Lidia. Forming part of the Armería-Manzanillo Highway, this link is vital to the area. Also benefiting from repairs in the wake of Hurricane Lidia is the 150m-long Presa Las Trancas Bridge.
Meanwhile, construction work will be carried out for the El Chical Bridge. The state will also see extensive road repairs to address hurricane damage. The work will improve connectivity and help boost the state’s important tourism sector.
And work is being planned by the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport (SICT) to upgrade the Villahermosa-Francisco Escárcega federal highway. The highway will be widened so that it has two lanes in either direction instead of one lane in either direction at present, with work carried out over a length of 300km. The project incudes building two bridges and four pedestrian bridges and will cut journey times between Tabasco and Campeche by 40 minutes, taking 36 months to complete.
In addition, a new bypass will be built for Tamaulipas, part of the Mante-Tula-Ocampo road project. The Mante Bypass is being widened and will feature two lanes in either direction. The work is being carried out by Hycsa.
