Cancun, Q.R. — More than 300 hectares of mangrove will be reforested once the Nichupté Vehicular Bridge is done. According to the Ministry of Communication and Transportation (SICT), the total environmental impact will be on less than four hectares.
The Undersecretary of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation, Jesús Felipe Verdugo López, stated that the Nichupté Vehicular Bridge project in Cancun will have the largest environmental restoration program that the SICT has carried out.
He explained that in the construction process of the bridge, the environmental compensation and mitigation work includes 306 hectares of mangrove reforestation, while the impact will be less than four hectares.
The bridge consists of 8.8 kilometers, two interchanges (Colosio and Kukulcán), a bicycle lane, bus stops, a system of walkways and lighting as well as an “arch” bridge. Once built, it will be equipped with intelligent transportation systems (ITS) connected to a C4 security.
The bridge will have a cross section of 14.9 meters to accommodate three traffic lanes, one for each direction of traffic and another that will be reversible, depending on traffic demand.
Verdugo López stated that the infrastructure is part of the Cancun Strategic Projects, which together with the Cancun Airport Distributor, the Luis Donaldo Colosio Boulevard and Chac Mool Avenue (these three have already been completed), a total of 9.1 billion pesos will be invested.
He said that the project present a general physical progress of 38 percent and its completion is estimated in August of this year. The bridge project is developed as a public work with resources from the Federal Expenditure Budget (PEF) and will be toll-free.
The conservation of the project will be the responsibility of the Federation in order to ensure the necessary resources for its maintenance.
The finished project will improve the mobility conditions of the city as well as boost the local economy and tourism development.
