New bridges to help ease Playa del Carmen Real Estate Area's Traffic

Playa del Carmen Real Estate offers more than just scenic beauty and magnificent beaches. Playa del Carmen has rapidly developed over last few years and has strived to provide all amenities and facilities that a top notch tourist destination should offer to its international clients. Playa del Carmen is a hot spot for not only tourists but also for real estate investors. Due to these factors the city as well as its population has also grown and expanded.

The infrastructure of the city is world class and the roads are excellent. In spite of increase in vehicles, the city roads are free of traffic jam. This is quite a blessing because as a resident of Playa del Carmen Real Estate, you don't have to waste time crisscrossing the city. In fact, going from one end of Playa del Carmen to another takes approximately twenty five minutes. Any person, looking for a second home in Mexico or an investor, will take this factor in to account while purchasing property in Playa del Carmen. Who wants to be stuck in a traffic jam while going to a beach? If you want to enjoy complete relaxation and stress free environment then Playa del Carmen is the ideal choice.

The city is growing and the trend is not going to reverse in future. Anticipating this The government has initiated some measures to avoid the fate of other cities like Cancun. Recently, Federal Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT) gave approval for two new overpasses in Playa del Carmen. The bridges are proposed to be built on the federal Cancun-Playa del Carmen-Tulum highway, over three of the busiest intersections with main avenues in Playa del Carmen.

Eddy Flores Villanueva, The Director General of Public Works, stated that the construction of two overpasses in Playa del Carmen will begin as early as 2010. The longer of the bridges will be built on the section of the federal highway between Juarez Avenue and 34th Street (also passing over Constituyentes), while the second is planned for the Colosio Avenue intersection. These High Vehicular Bridges will allow the movement under the bridge and freer movement on perpendicular streets thus avoiding any possibility of jams. A meeting between the local government and SCT officials will take place soon to chalk out the details of the beginnings of the actual construction work and to plan ways so that traffic is affected minimally and residents are not inconvenienced too much during the construction phase of the two bridges.

The construction is slated to begin in mid-January 2010. Preliminary work has already started and good progress has been made. SCT has already made the down payments to chosen contractors for acquiring the entire prefabricated material. Though the bridges were meant to be completed in 18 months, experts hope that Playa del Carmen residents can looks forward to 2 new bridges within 9 months of the construction.

Author: Tom Budniak