Riviera Nayarit Highway System Underway
Nayarit Governor Ney Manuel González Sánchez recently reported that the distance between the Puerto Vallarta airport and all of Riviera Nayarit will be considerably shorter because they are ready to award the construction bid to the winning company for the construction, operation and development of a new highway system, which would benefit their "older sister" (Puerto Vallarta) with an investment of over 7.8 billion pesos.
During an interview with Vallarta Vive, Governor Ney González said, "as a matter of fact, the bid was awarded just after eight pm on March 3, 2008. It entails a highway system that will be built in four stretches, for example a stretch of highway from Tepic to Bucerías which will be comprised of a four lane highway, allowing drivers to reduce the travel time by one hour between Bucerías and the Capital city of this State.
The highway will not necessarily begin in Tepic but closer to the main highway towards Guadalajara, which will allow those traveling in from México City, the bajio and from Guadalajara towards the Bay of Banderas and Puerto Vallarta, instead of traveling down from Chapalilla as is the current case. Now one will be able to reach the coast from the outskirts of Tepic. It's true that this will be a longer route, however, drivers will be able to save more time and travel on a safer and faster highway."
As such, he indicated that this would benefit Puerto Vallarta in particular.
"This is very good for the Riviera Nayarit because the highway will pass by all the beaches, but it is also very good for Puerto Vallarta because it will provide a faster travel time. It is also very good for Tequila, Guadalajara and for Zacatecas because the driving distances will be shorter. This includes those that are arriving by air, because they will be able to rent a car and drive to experience all the corners of the region as well as the entire Republic of México. We are all México and the destination itself is México."
On the other hand, the Governor of Nayarit also announced that this year, they will be building three overhead off-ramps at the cross-points in Nuevo Vallarta, Mescalez and Bucerías, and this will also directly benefit Puerto Vallarta.
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