Overview
- Federal funding of 9 billion pesos was confirmed following a follow-up meeting on the Plan Michoacán por la Paz y la Justicia at the National Palace.
- The project was proposed by Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla and received presidential approval from Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo.
- President Sheinbaum instructed officials to finalize the concession with Red de Carreteras de Occidente to begin infrastructure work.
- The 76-kilometer highway will link Uruapan and Zamora through Michoacán’s key avocado and berry zones.
- Officials say the road will enhance transport security and logistics to Jalisco and the Bajío and strengthen connections to the port of Lázaro Cárdenas.