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Michoacán Fast-Tracks Uruapan Mobility Push With Siglo XXI Expansion and Cable Car Works

State leaders cast the buildout as a catalyst for safer travel that strengthens regional commerce.

Overview

  • Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla inspected the four-lane expansion of the Siglo XXI highway on the ZirahuénUruapan segment, with 10 kilometers slated to finish by the end of September under concessionaire Pinfra.
  • Officials launched 22 complementary projects tied to the Uruapan cable car with a 130 million peso budget, including six concrete streets funded with 37.281 million pesos from Fortapaz.
  • The investment package in Uruapan exceeds 5 billion pesos, highlighted by the cable car as a flagship project with about 3.2 billion pesos in spending.
  • The state committed 250 million pesos to renew 240 urban buses to align public transport with the new mobility scheme around the cable car.
  • Ramírez Bedolla will deliver his fourth government report in Uruapan on September 27, and he urged regional producers to back a proposed Uruapan–Zamora agroexport highway under the federal Plan México.