Lázaro Cárdenas, Q.R. — A busy stretch of highway heading toward Chiquilá to access the island of Holbox is scheduled to be widened. On Saturday, Governor Mara Lezama said a two kilometer stretch of highway that connects Kantunilkín with Chiquilá will be made wider.
She reported that two kilometers of the highway (from kilometer 71+100 to 73+100) will be expanded from seven meters wide to nine meters with two safe lanes of 3.5 meters each and one-meter side shoulders.
Lezama said the road is the gateway for thousands of tourists as well as residents of Holbox Island. Accompanied by Mayor Nivardo Mena Villanueva, Lezama said the road is being modernized with support of President Claudia Sheinbaum, through the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications, and Transportation (SICT).
“For years, this stretch of road was in disrepair with potholes, erosion and constant hazards. Today, we are transforming that reality because every minute saved on commutes, every product that arrives faster at its destination, and every family that travels safely means we are closing the painful gaps of inequality with social justice,” the Governor said.
The highway project, she said, will benefit more than 760,000 people in the municipalities of Lázaro Cárdenas, Benito Juárez and Playa del Carmen, as well as the hundreds of thousands of tourists who visit Holbox, Chiquilá, San Ángel, Solferino and Kantunilkín.
“This road connects communities, strengthens tourism and boosts fishing, agriculture, and livestock in the region. It represents well-being, development and shared prosperity for thousands of Quintana Roo families,” she said. Authorities did not provide a start or finish date for the Lázaro Cárdenas highway project.
