There has been a lot discussed and written about lately regarding highway projects planned or under development that will, or could, provide better access to the region. One project was recently completed, another nears completion, and others, well, it is uncertain how much may just be talk and not so much action. For those that remember the completion of the highway from Mascota to Vallarta, for years it was said that the project would be finished “next year.” It took more than ten. These projects, all in different stages of development, if and when finished, will eventually improve traffic flow and at the same time, provide safer and more secure traveling times.
Puerto Vallarta News
Man how many more years??
History will teach us nothing. Take Acapulco for example. It went from a very nice tourist destination to a very crappy one when the ¨super highway¨was finished. Not to mention the traffic nightmare that tens of thousands of cars will produce, the huge emviromental impact that hundreds of thousands of tourists will cause to our already affected beaches etc. There is simply no way that PV can accommodate tens if not hundreds of thousands more cars and tourists every weekend. The infrastructure is simply not there. It is a popular idea that will bring more cons than pros IMHO.
Related to the traffic woes as a result of higher volumes of vehicles coming from out-of-town access the beach, is the soon-to-be-constrcted Cirque de Soleil Theme Park on Hwy 200 at the Ameca River.
I’m thinking the coastal towns north of La Cruz towards Compostela, will benefit from easier and faster access from the GDL area and beyond.
A new overpass currently under construction in Mezcales, south of Bucerias, will help speed traffic on thqat section of Hwy 200.
Good for us who live in the bay to go and visit Guadalajara more frequently.
Huge jump in property values.
Perhaps more tourist, that current windy road is aweful.