The Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport (SICT) announced that it is working with Federal Roads and Bridges (Capufe) on a study to identify which infrastructure needs improvements, and that they will also seek to implement electronic devices, called tags, to speed up crossings .
“We are studying those booths that have the longest waiting lines, whether for expansion or operation, to increase the number of operators working or even an action that we want to reinforce is to make everything through tags, so that cash payment is at least,” explained Jesús Esteva, head of the department.
He also said that he had asked the National Chamber of Cargo Transportation (Canacar) to participate in order to provide information on which toll booths could have this type of technology.
During his meeting with the College of Civil Engineers of Mexico (CICM) to present the National Infrastructure Program , he explained that one of the highways that present problems with long lines is the Mexico-Querétaro highway, among others.
Without giving further details, he said that this program will be carried out throughout the year and is expected to be extended to other roads in the country, “we are doing tests and it is a matter of understanding the users, there will be those who do not have a way to recharge the tag and we will have to see who will pay with cash.”
Mexico-Querétaro Train
Likewise, Esteva justified the increase in investment for the construction of the Mexico-Querétaro train, which went from 75 billion pesos to 144 billion 99 million 779 thousand pesos, due to various modifications to the project .
“We start with a plan, with a conceptual project, and once we begin to define the right-of-way release, operating conditions, soil complexity, etc., there may be adjustments, and we are at that point. In reality, the base budgets are made based on cost parameters that are referenced from other works.”
He pointed out that this happened in the Nichupté bridge construction, due to the construction conditions that were diverse and “we have to do the works to finish them, as was also the case with the Mexico-Toluca train.”
National Infrastructure Program
Regarding the National Infrastructure Program, he recalled that in terms of roads, during this six-year term the investment will be 173 thousand 445.5 million pesos , plus the investment of 118 thousand 470 million pesos in the priority axes, in addition to five thousand 986 million pesos for the region of Oaxaca, among other projects.
He said that they will also be working on the publication of a new aeronautical policy in which they will seek to strengthen infrastructure and its services, use renewable energy, strengthen staff through training, and continue to comply with international standards, to name a few.
Meanwhile, private groups and the federal government will invest more than 117 billion pesos in improving various airports.
Regarding the railway industry, he reiterated the construction of more than three thousand kilometers of tracks for passenger trains, including the extension of the train to AIFA, AIFA-Pachuca, Mexico-Querétaro, Saltillo-Nuevo Laredo and Querétaro-Irapuato.
In addition, they will also build 18 high schools in different states of the country and Rosario Castellanos Universities and a comprehensive plan for 10 municipalities of the State of Mexico, which includes public transportation, road infrastructure, urban equipment and solid waste management, among other actions.
As well as actions to increase and reinforce road safety, incorporation of technology in weights and dimensions, operations and coordination with the main road transport chambers.
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