FONATUR WILL BUILD DETOUR TO RELIEVE TRAFFIC CONGESTION

Quintana Roo, Mexico – The discomfort of spending an hour or more in front of the steering wheel makes residents and tourists who usually travel on the stretch that goes from Cancún to Playa del Carmen and/or Tulum despair, however, a relief solution is finally emerging this week.

After more than a year of not seeing repairs on federal highway 307, viable answers to the formation of faults, better known as “sinkholes” (the fracture at km 307+650, between Cancún and Playa del Carmen and the fracture at kilometer 265+500, between Playa del Carmen and Tulum) have finally been presented.

The papers pile up in the offices and some tasks sometimes get in the way, experts say; it was the bureaucratic procedures that did not allow the Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo to take the lead and start the road operation.

And the fact is that the task was previously carried out by the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation, but when they saw the problem they did not take into account the passing of the Mayan Train, a job that is the responsibility of Fonatur, so with blueprints in hand they are now preparing to create an alternate highway in order to diminish the effects of the “sinkhole”.

“The solution will be provided in an integral manner and we have to explain to the general public what impact will be caused by the Mayan train construction and the work that has been undertaken by Fonatur. We are going to minimize precisely this impact and solve from now on what is happening with the failure in the highway” expressed the President of the Tourism Commission Luis Alegre Salazar.

From Cancún’s City Hall, the head of the Integrally Planned Center (CIP) confirmed the construction of a provisional detour site, which will pass over the high tension lines of the Federal Electricity Commission on the mainland side, and also informed that the process could take about 60 days.

The detour will result in a 22.7 kilometer roadway, which will help to relieve traffic on Federal Highway 307, thanks to Fonatur, while repairs to the “sinkholes” will be carried out by Civiles y Asociados (ICA) and Grupo México, companies also working on the Mayan Train.

Translated by Miguel Sánchez