With 1200 new cars registered every month in Puerto Vallarta, there is a desperate need to improve infrastructure

Puerto Vallarta (PVDN) – At least 1,200 new and pre-owned vehicles are added to the streets of Puerto Vallarta every month, which contributes to the growth of traffic in the city, as well as in the area surrounding Bahía de Flags.

Due to this, it is necessary to have new roads and implement strategies to avoid traffic chaos at rush hour, says Jorge Careaga Jiménez, former president of Coparmex in Puerto Vallarta and Bahía de Banderas.

“To reach their break-even points, they (car dealerships), must make a sale approximately, on average of all the agencies, of about 600 vehicles, that is, 600 new vehicles must be added to Puerto Vallarta every month just in new car sales”, explains the businessman.

In addition to this, there are used or pre-owned cars that are also incorporated into the cars on the streets, “this means that we are adding more than 1,200 vehicles to the streets every month,” he said.

Careaga Jiménez highlighted the urgency of having new roads between Puerto Vallarta and Bahía de Banderas, as well as implementing strategies that help traffic flow and avoid congestion in the area.

“There is an urgent need to address the issue of local road infrastructure,” says Careaga Jiménez.

“Mobility is becoming more and more difficult, if we do not address the issue of infrastructure urgently, as the traffic is already being noticed, it is normal that at this point it takes more than 1 hour and a half from Punta de Mita to Puerto Vallarta every day. It is normalizing. The point is that, since when do we not have new roads, how many new roads, how many new kilometers have been built? Additional connections for when the new highway ends (Vía Corta Guadalajara-Puerto Vallarta), and it is that, if we do not have the infrastructure, nor the necessary branches to relieve the local vehicular issue, obviously it will cause more critical traffic chaos than already exists at this moment,” he said.

In recent months, vehicular traffic during rush hour in Puerto Vallarta has worsened.

Extending commuter times cause discomfort among local drivers and tourists in this city, who demand that there be a prompt solution to this problem.

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