President Sheinbaum Launches New Federal Highway Resurfacing Program

Program Launch and Vision

• 🚀 The Mexican government, led by President Claudia Sheinbaum, launched a new federal highway resurfacing program in Acolman, State of Mexico.
• 🎯 The primary objective is to rehabilitate all federal highways across the country by mid-2026.
• 🛣️ This initiative targets the entire 52,000 km federal highway network, including both toll-free and toll roads.

Innovative Resurfacing Technology

• 🔬 The program employs a distinct approach to road repair, focusing on reinforcing the lower layers of the road, not just the surface.
• 🛠️ New machinery, including fresadoras, recuperadoras, and rodillos de pata de cabra, allows for deep penetration (up to 50 cm) to stabilize the base with cement and reuse existing material.
• ✅ This method ensures long-term durability and quality by addressing the structural integrity of the roads.

Investment and Equipment Rollout

• 💰 An investment of 15.47 billion pesos is allocated for road maintenance and rehabilitation in 2025.
• 🚂 The first phase includes 10 resurfacing trains comprising 152 new machines, with specific types like milling machines, oil-extinguishing machines, and pavers.
• 🗺️ Initial deployment covers the State of Mexico (Texcoco-Ecatepec, Texcoco-Los Reyes), with subsequent batches reaching states like Oaxaca, Guerrero, Veracruz, Morelos, Michoacán, Zacatecas, Coahuila, Tabasco, and aiming for one train per state by the end of 2026.
• 👷 To support this, 123 operators have been trained in equipment handling, operation, and construction processes.

Economic and Social Impact

• 💡 The program emphasizes austerity and efficiency, reducing investment costs by recovering the government's capacity to execute works directly.
• 🤝 It directly addresses a major public demand for road repair and is expected to generate 37,000 jobs.
• 🌙 Work will primarily be conducted during night hours (10 PM to 4 AM) to minimize disruption to traffic.