Construction Updates

In late 2003, the State of Chihuahua finished the initial phase of La Entrada al Pacifico in Mexico with completion of the new highway between Chihuahua City and Ojinaga. This road cuts the driving time in half over the existing roadway, and provides an excellent roadway for transporting delicate freight materials.

Since completion of the road, commercial border crossing increased over 20% at Presidio/Ojinaga.

Construction by Glamis, Ltd. continues on the second phase of the project, with construction of a new roadway through the Copper Canyon area between Chihuahua and Sinaloa.  Governor Reyes Baeza of Chihuahua, Mexico and Governor Aguilar of Sinaloa have both committed their administrations’ resources to completion of the project in Mexico in the next 5 years.

The State of Chihuahua recently announced it would upgrade the existing roadway for Mexico 67 which connects to the La Entrada corridor south of Ojinaga and continues south to Delicias, Camargo, Jimenez and Parral.  The improved roadway would provide an incentive for many of the maquilladoras in southeastern Chihuahua to divert traffic from Laredo to the Port of Presidio.

Improved shoulders are being added to the roadway at a cost of approximately $5 million US dollars.

In addition, the State of Sinaloa recently began construction to upgrade existing road between San Blas and El Fuerte to 4 lanes.  Local government officials have been lobbying state officials to go ahead and finish the build-out of the four lane highway past Choix to the Sinaloa-Chihuahua border.

The State of Sinaloa is funding the portion of upgraded roadway between San Blas and El Fuerte at a cost of approximately 32 million US dollars and the new administration has stated that they will work to find additional funding to finish the upgraded roadway to Choix.