Durango-Mazatlan highway to open nexty month.

The author would probably give you a blank look if you asked something like "How many minutes do you figure for each of the five Puestos de Controles"? Mex 40 will degenerate even further like almost all parallel carrateras libres when a cuota goes into operation.

Tequila wrote:
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Highway+will+leapfrog+drug+lands/8650356/story.html

Like Kramer used to say on the show Seinfield......if you can do Mazatlan to the Gulf Coast in 12 hours...." Giddy up!". Or like on Star trek..." Give me warp speed , Scotty"
It is one heck of a feat of engineering , tunnels, bridges great work but 12 hours.....
The author has probably never driven in Mexico.

I agree. If my world cannot be ice cream then it has to be uncured olives!

robatthelake wrote:

qtla9111 wrote:
It'll probably fall down on the first pass. I mean afterall, it's Mexico. I wouldn't expect too much. Built on lies and corruption, poor materials, lazy labor, hmmm, what else did I miss, oh, the lights won't work either because our electricity is of inferior quality. Plus, there is no regulation of any kind on trailer weights and inspections so just imagine all those overloaded trailers passing across an already unfit bridge.

This has got to be tongue in cheek!

This description sounds more like Quebec than Mexico! LOL!

You know the expression, if you can't beat'em, join'em.

qtla9111 wrote:
It'll probably fall down on the first pass. I mean afterall, it's Mexico. I wouldn't expect too much. Built on lies and corruption, poor materials, lazy labor, hmmm, what else did I miss, oh, the lights won't work either because our electricity is of inferior quality. Plus, there is no regulation of any kind on trailer weights and inspections so just imagine all those overloaded trailers passing across an already unfit bridge.

This has got to be tongue in cheek!

This description sounds more like Quebec than Mexico! LOL!

It said August

Where di it say Next month?

Myself I would be more concerned with the total cuotas than anything else. It ain't gonna be barato.

If you want to gripe about something, why not zero in on a fool who claims to be an expert. Here is a quote from that article...

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Latin America security expert Samuel Logan agrees the new road could be a boost to tourism and commerce, and but also to illegal transport.

"Maybe Concordia will grow and there will be a Holiday Inn Express there," he said. "Will there be running daytime shootouts on this highway? Not likely. But will there be convoys of eight to 10 trucks going 90 mph (140 kph) filled with guys with guns? Probably."

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Yeah, a convoy on a road with absolutely no turnoffs, or shoulders. Like sicarios are likely to be stupid enough to run smack into a puesto de control with no way to escape. Where do they get these people?

I'll still take the libre - what a great road through beautiful country.