Heavy overnight rain flooded the construction zone for the Amado Nervo Bridge access road on Wednesday, leaving hundreds of people in Verde Vallarta cut off from the main exit toward work, school, and other morning trips.
Neighbors said the water reached nearly 1 meter in some spots. Some public transport units crossed part of the area, but water levels became critical along sections of the affected route.
The flooding was reported between the junction with Highway 544 and the main entrance to the subdivision, in the area tied to the Avenida Federación extension and the future bridge approach.
Flooding near the bridge work
The problem hit during the first strong rains of the day, as Puerto Vallarta moved through a wet week linked to the remnants and outer bands of Boris. The storm had already kept parts of the Jalisco coast under rain, wind, and surf alerts after Boris weakened but continued to affect Pacific states.
Residents in the area said recent grading and fill work may have changed where stormwater drains. They asked authorities and the companies involved in the project to restore proper runoff channels before more rain leaves the subdivision isolated again.
A major project with a local bottleneck
The Amado Nervo Bridge is one of the largest mobility projects planned for the Puerto Vallarta-Bahía de Banderas corridor. The federal Infrastructure Secretariat has described the crossing as a two-kilometer project with a 930-million-peso investment, designed to connect Jalisco and Nayarit and “benefit 480,000 inhabitants.” The project had also been reported in April as nearly 70 percent complete.
The promise is faster movement between Puerto Vallarta, Ixtapa, San Vicente, and the north side of the bay. Wednesday’s flooding showed the other side of large roadwork during the rainy season, when unfinished access routes can become immediate trouble spots.
Puerto Vallarta has already seen early-season drainage pressure elsewhere in the city. A recent rain also pushed storm runoff and wastewater into local streets, renewing concerns about how the city’s roads, sewers, and storm channels will hold up during heavier summer storms.
More rain is expected this season, and the access road needs a way to move water out before the next early-morning storm turns the bridge approach into a barrier.
