Overview
- The 146-kilometer corridor between Morelia and Lázaro Cárdenas will be widened from two to four lanes in three stages.
- SICT said machinery is operating from Nueva Italia and from the port of Lázaro Cárdenas to advance construction from both ends.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum attended the presentation and instructed the agency to move the completion target up from 2027 to December 2026.
- The upgrade includes 45 overpasses, 28 bridges, five rail crossings, one tunnel, a toll plaza modification and three long steel bridges in the dam zone.
- SICT detailed a stage-by-stage budget of 6.4, 4.0 and 5.6 billion pesos, though one outlet reported 7 billion pesos for the Uruapan–Nueva Italia segment.