The never-ending tale of the highway intended to connect Oaxaca city and the state’s Pacific coast has a new estimated conclusion date: early 2019.
The date was forecast by the state’s representative of the federal Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT), puts the delivery date of the massive highway project during the first few months of the administration of Mexico’s next president.
But a change of administration will not hinder the project, claimed Javier Lazcano Vargas, because the funding required for its conclusion — 3 billion pesos (US $159 million) — is assured and “bulletproof.”
“This means that even if there’s a change in the federal administration, the Oaxaca-Barranca Larga-Ventanilla-Huatulco highway will be a reality,” he told the newspaper Milenio in an interview.
