Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, August 30, 2026 – Cracked pavement, encroaching vegetation and missing markings have prompted renewed demands to rehabilitate the Avenida México bike lane through Fluvial Vallarta, nearly 10 months after the City Council approved a permanent maintenance program across the city’s cycling network.
Cyclists who use the corridor daily report deep cracks, worn pavement and vegetation reducing the usable width of the lane. A local report published Sunday also documents unclear lane boundaries and missing reflective markers at key crossings where bicycle and vehicle traffic meet.
Cyclists and active-mobility groups are asking the municipality to repair the pavement, clear the vegetation and renew both pavement markings and vertical signs along the Fluvial section.
Avenida México has been central to the city’s cycling plans since at least 2020. Municipal officials presented it that year as a bidirectional route with protective barriers and marked crossings under the Vallarta Avanza network, contemporary reporting shows. The separation and crossing features included in that original project are among the items cyclists say need attention now.
The current complaint also falls within a broader maintenance program already approved by the municipal government.
On November 12, 2025, council members voted 16-0 to create a permanent bike-lane rehabilitation and maintenance program. The official council agreement identified 14 priority sections, more than 6,000 expected users and an impact across more than 30 colonias.
The agreement distributed specific responsibilities among municipal departments. Infrastructure and Public Works received responsibility over rehabilitation, patching, clearing and leveling. Public Safety and Municipal Traffic were assigned lane markings, signs, an updated bike-lane inventory and enforcement. Efficient Services, COMUDE and Social Development were assigned route clearance and upkeep. The Treasury was instructed to make the 2026 budget adjustments needed to finance the program.
The citywide program had not produced visible changes across much of the network by July, Tribuna de la Bahía reported. Cyclists said civil groups were still cleaning and repainting sections themselves while cars and motorcycles continued to enter or park in designated lanes.
Citizen crews had already taken similar action in January 2025, cleaning and repainting the Avenida México lane between Politécnico and Prisciliano Sánchez. A report on that work said a transparency request found no municipal budget record dedicated specifically to bike-lane maintenance at that time.
Sunday’s Fluvial complaint repeats the same maintenance priorities raised during those earlier actions. Cyclists want cracks repaired, vegetation removed, lane boundaries restored and reflective separation installed at crossings. Each task appears within the permanent city program approved last November.
