A planned 95.5 km bypass will improve traffic flow on Hwy 57 near Querétaro

Construction connected the planned 95.5-kilometer bypass astir the metropolis of Querétaro to amended postulation travel connected the troubled Mexico-Querétaro road volition beryllium privately funded to the tune of 9.57 cardinal pesos (US $515 million) but astir apt won’t commencement until precocious 2027

Grupo Omega, the project’s concessionaire, said that the Querétaro Metropolitan Bypass “will amended the show of the Mexico-Querétaro highway, 1 of the busiest highways successful the country, and volition trim postulation unit successful the Querétaro metropolitan area, which concentrates long-distance traffic.”

A government-released representation shows the country successful Querétaro authorities done which the caller bypass volition pass. (proyectosmexico.gob.mx)

Omega is liable for the design, operation and cognition of the project, and since it operates arsenic a concession, volition grip toll postulation for a play of 30 years.

The roadworthy task volition statesman astatine astir kilometer 142 of Federal Highway 57, astatine the Palmillas toll booth connected the Mexico City–Querétaro section, and volition extremity astatine kilometer 33 of the aforesaid corridor connected the  Querétaro–San Luis Potosí section. 

The task besides includes a 2.3-kilometer connecting subdivision to the metropolis of Querétaro, which volition commencement astatine kilometer 61.7 of the Querétaro Metropolitan Bypass and link to State Highway 200, which links Querétaro with Tequisquiapan.

It volition boast 4 postulation lanes  — 2 successful each absorption — arsenic good arsenic broadside shoulders, a main road, and intermediate junctions successful San Juan del Río, Peña de Bernal, Querétaro International Airport and elsewhere.

Plans for the task besides see 158 transverse drainage works, 12 overpasses for vehicles, 43 underpasses for vehicles and 5 railway overpasses, 35 overpasses for cultivation machinery, 5 bridges and 2 viaducts.

Beyond its interaction connected mobility, the bypass is shaping up to beryllium an economical catalyst for communities and concern corridors successful eastbound Querétaro state, arsenic good arsenic 12 municipalities successful adjacent states specified arsenic San Miguel de Allende and San José Iturbide successful Guanajuato, Polotitlá successful Mexico state, and Huichapan, Nopala de Villagrán and Tecozautla successful Hidalgo.

Querétaro authorities Public Works Minister José Pío X Salgado told the newspaper Publimetro that Grupo Omega expects to statesman operation astatine the extremity of 2027 aft it finishes securing the right-of-way, which presently stands astatine 60%. 

However, helium added that the institution volition effort to unafraid 100% of the right-of-way this twelvemonth to statesman operation arsenic soon arsenic possible. 

With reports from Forbes