Riviera Maya, Q.R. — The Government of Quintana Roo has launched a program to rehabilitate harvesting roads across five municipalities. According to Governor Lezama, repair work has begun in the community of Puerto Arturo in José María Morelos, an area referred to as “the state’s breadbasket”.
Lezama says the project includes the improvement of 51 kilometers of 17 roads in 14 towns across five municipalities. The large rehabilitation road project will ensure that crops are able to arrive at the markets in a timely manner and are not lost.
The harvesting roads rehabilitation project began Friday in José María Morelos, connecting 15 kilometers of agricultural producers in 14 localities.
“Today we are launching this harvest road rehabilitation program, a reality that begins here in José María Morelos, in “the state’s breadbasket” with 15 kilometers connecting the communities of Benito Juárez, Puerto Arturo and Saczuquil. These roads were forgotten for many years,” Lezama said.
Accompanied by the head of the Secretariat of Agricultural, Rural, and Fisheries Development (SEDARPE), Jorge Aguilar Osorio, Governor Mara Lezama emphasized that this effort will benefit 700 producers throughout the state.
“They are the men and women who plant corn, chili, papaya, pineapple, beans and oranges. They are the ones who feed us,” she stated.
The overall project includes José María Morelos (Benito Juárez, Puerto Arturo, Saczuquil), Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Emiliano Zapata, Nuevo Israel), Bacalar (Zamora, Miguel Hidalgo, Nuevo Jerusalén, Salamanca, Valle Hermoso), Othón P. Blanco (El Cedral, Morocoy, San Pedro Peralta) and Lázaro Cárdenas (San Ángel).
Governor Lezama explained that the public’s money is invested in projects that benefit the people since corruption is fought and the state has the support of President Claudia Sheinbaum, who wants a strong, productive and fair rural area.
“It’s not just about rehabilitating 51 kilometers, it’s about paving the way for their families’ futures. It’s about recognizing the dignity of the work done with one’s hands, with sweat and with love for the land because bringing shared prosperity to the Quintana Roo countryside is of course important to us,” she said.
According to SEDARPE head Jorge Aguilar Osorio, the project includes the rehabilitation of 51 kilometers of rural roads that will include sweeping, weed clearing and patching damaged areas.
This allows for adequate access to plots and facilitates the transportation of products such as native corn, sweetcorn, Persian lime, papaya, watermelon, jicama and habanero peppers to consumer markets.
