en.Wedoany.com Reported - Mexico's Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) will repair 5,000 kilometers of the toll-free federal highway network this year through the Road Paving Train Program, covering 16 states nationwide. The program initially deployed 20 paving crews, with an additional 11 road paving trains to be purchased subsequently.
At the end of November last year, SICT estimated a total investment of 1.885 billion pesos (approximately $110 million) to deploy 30 road paving trains across 16 states by the end of 2025. The agency stated at the time that the second batch of 10 trains would be delivered between November and December, the third batch of 10 trains in December, with plans to continue purchasing new machinery in 2026. However, information released this weekend indicates that the final batch of trains originally scheduled for delivery last December has been postponed to this year, and the initially announced target of 30 trains has not yet been reached.
The project involves the states of Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, State of Mexico, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz, and Zacatecas.
SICT highlighted progress in Michoacán, where five road sections totaling 68.5 kilometers are being repaired under the "Peace and Justice Plan," including the Zitácuaro–Ciudad Altamirano and Morelia–Guadalajara corridors. Works in 10 municipalities of the State of Mexico are also listed as part of the "Eastern Region Comprehensive Plan." In Guerrero, road paving trains are operating on the Cuernavaca–Chilpancingo highway; in Chihuahua, the repair of 14.4 kilometers of the San Buenaventura–Nuevo Casas Grandes highway has been completed; and 80% of the Escárcega–Champotón highway in Campeche has been finished.
The agency stated that construction crews use technology to remove aged pavement and lay new asphalt surfaces, which are "safer, more durable, and completed in the shortest possible time." Using these machines can reduce intervention and maintenance costs for federal highways by 30%. The mechanical equipment includes milling machines, metal rollers, asphalt distributors, pavers, pneumatic rollers, conventional pavers, and road surface recyclers.
According to SICT statistics, 2.96 million square meters of road have been paved to date, using over 340,000 tons of asphalt mix, with 360 workers involved.
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