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Realistic completion date for Cancun Nichupté Bridge in Spring reports Agepro

Cancun, Q.R. — Construction of the Nichupté Bridge in Cancun is likely to be ready in the Spring of 2025. That is according to José Alberto Alonso Ovando, the General Director of the State Strategic Projects Agency (Agepro).

He says although builders are hoping for a December completion date, the Spring is much more likely.

Alonso Ovando says the bridge is likely to be operational between March and June of next year due to the conditions inherent to a project of such magnitude. He says in addition to building a bridge on piles in the lagoon body, a suspension bridge must be erected within the bridge to avoid a very deep sinkhole in the layout.

He indicated that the project, which has already racked up a bill of over 7.8 billion pesos, is 62 percent complete. He says it is a very difficult project and a challenge for Mexican engineering mostly due to the massive lagoon cavern discovered after construction began.

Alonso Ovando made the project update to the Chamber of Deputies Thursday. He reported that although the ICA group says it could be finished in December, Alonso Ovando told Deputies that, based on his personal experience in construction, the bridge will not be ready until March and June of next year.

“The important thing is that it turns out well,” he said.

The updated completion date was provided Thursday.

Other complications included obtaining the right of way for the project from now-defunct Fonatur, the right of way with Cancun Park, studies with Conagua to obtain construction permits and the management of the release of the Federal Maritime-Terrestrial Zone with private parties.

The official said that the builders originally intended to put the bridge beams through the hotel zone, but realized that would damage infrastructure, so the project was moved to one side of Tajamar.

Building has been delayed due to a massive “endless bottom” cavern that was discovered after construction began.

Despite its challenges, the state says the bridge is a key project in the profound transformation that Cancun is undergoing in improving urban mobility. The completed bridge will offer a modern solution to mobility problems and guarantee urban development.

“The Nichupté Bridge is a key project for the future of Cancun. Its impact will not only improve daily traffic, but also respond to the vision of a profound transformation that is committed to a humanist government and the well-being of all people, in harmony with the protection of the environment,” he said.