SCT: 14 tasks completed in ’13

Tuesday, 29 July 2014 01:10

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SCT: 14 tasks completed in ’13

35 programs will be implemented by Peña Nieto

BY LILLIAN REYES

The News

The Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT) said in a statement on Monday that in 2013 the federal government completed 14 of the commitments made my President Enrique Peña Nieto and that 35 more have been initiated around the country towards modernization, conservation and growth.

The SCT said that the projects in progress are improving road and highway infrastructure to create more efficient transportation to benefit thousands of people in rural communities and cities.

Of the 266 commitments made by Peña Nieto during his election campaign, the SCT is responsible for fulfilling 105 of them, said the statement. The execution of the work corresponding with the commitments are programmed according to criteria and logistics in order to achieve the most efficient application of resources to complete the projects, said the SCT.

Of the 14 commitments completed in 2013, three are in Quintana Roo, two in Coahuila, the State of Mexico and Chiapas, and one in Zacatecas, Colima, Morelos, Veracruz and Guanajuato.

In Chiapas, 70 kilometers of the Limas-Revolución Mexicana highway were reconstructed and 120 kilometers of asphalt were renovated. Along the remaining roadway, drainage was cleaned and signs were replaced.

The 122th Governmental Compromise (CG) was finished in December 2013 with an investment of 360 million pesos ($27.6 million). A total of 190 kilometers of road were rehabilitated and constructed for the development of commerce, trade, agriculture and tourism, said the SCT.

Also in Chiapas, CG-237 was completed with the rehabilitation of the Motozintla-Tapachula highway, with new asphalt, six new barriers, renovated drainage works and new signs over a distance of 86 kilometers.

In Coahuila, CG-186 was completed to modernize the San Pedro-Cuatrociénegas highway with an addition of 40 kilometers and the renovation of 142 kilometers of pavement, drainage works, ditches and new signs.

In Colima, CG-072 was completed to widen the first stage of the Comala bypass and the Quesería Boulevard from seven to 18 meters across. Also conservation works for the Colima-Coquimatlán road, the Ixtlahuacán bypass and the Turla-Ixtlahuacán rural road were completed.

The projects in Colima were completed with an investment of 114 million pesos, said the SCT statement.