The National Bank of Public Works and Services (Banobras) announced the launch of a program to expand the Mexico-Querétaro highway—specifically the Tepotzotlán-Jorobas section, one of the country’s most important logistics corridors currently operating at capacity—and to oversee and control traffic operations.
Banobras awarded two contracts to carry out the project, which required an investment of 586 million pesos. The first went to the companies Urbanizaciones AGV S.A. de C.V. and Construcciones y Carreteras for a sum of 573,784,188.27 pesos, while supervision and quality control will be handled by Coordinación Técnico Administrativa y Laboratorio de Control S.A. de C.V. for a total of 12,577,490.91 pesos.
According to Banobras, the project is titled “construction of frontage roads using hydraulic concrete slabs from km 43+140 to km 52+800 (Direction B) and the widening of vehicular overpasses, vehicular underpasses, and pedestrian underpasses on both sides of the Mexico-Querétaro highway, Tepotzotlán-Jorobas section.”
Through a national public tender (LO-06-G1C-006G1C003-N-28-2026), Banobras—acting via the National Infrastructure Fund (FONADIN)—awarded the contract to the joint venture formed by Urbanizaciones AGV S.A. de C.V. and Construcciones y Carreteras S.A. de C.V.
The expansion will cover a distance of just over 9 kilometers and is scheduled to begin on August 17, with a duration of 365 calendar days. The aim is to relieve congestion on this roadway—which connects the northern part of the State of Mexico to Mexico City at its junction with the Periférico Norte—as it is currently operating at capacity; half of the route suffers from a poor level of service, while the remainder is saturated.
Additionally, the Mexican development bank reported that an average daily traffic volume of 127,900 vehicles was recorded on the Mexico-Querétaro highway in both directions, with heavy vehicles accounting for 17% of the total.
According to the tender documents, “the highway section under study is part of the Mexico-Nuevo Laredo Highway Corridor with a branch to Piedras Negras. Nearly 20% of all road-transported freight travels along this section. It is estimated that 70% of the cargo transported on this stretch consists of industrial products, reflecting the high monetary value of the goods involved.”
Source: motorpasion
