Overview

• Vehicle traffic began flowing at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, September 30, after seven months of construction at the Las Juntas junction.
• Authorities say the project targets heavy demand toward Bahía de Banderas, where roughly 35,000 vehicles travel daily from Puerto Vallarta.
• The layout adds surface-level U‑turns and left turns and connects to routes serving San Sebastián del Oeste, Mascota, Talpa and the CUCosta campus.
• SIOP is proceeding with lateral lanes, drainage, signage, traffic signals, lighting, landscaping and a new pedestrian bridge, and the governor said incorporation ramps linking the Bucerías bypass and Puerto Vallarta’s airport should conclude in a couple of months.
• Works are supervised jointly by the Jalisco government and Puerto Vallarta’s municipal administration, and the interchange forms part of the 2025–2026 connectivity plan financed by federal, state, municipal and private funds.