Free-for-all after soda truck overturns on Mérida-Cancun highway

A Coca-Cola truck overturned on the Mérida-Cancun federal toll road, spilling hundreds of bottles of soft drinks across the highway. That was enough to attract an opportunistic crowd eager to bring home free refrescos. The driver, who was headed toward Cancun, told police he swerved at kilometer 60 to avoid another truck. Xocchel Municipal Police…

SSP sets roadblocks, fines 60 drivers found breaking curfew

Yucatán is enforcing its overnight curfew by hitting drivers in the wallet. It didn’t take long for police to collect fines from offenders. The first night new fines were put in place, state police assembled checkpoints across the state. By early Saturday, 60 drivers were assessed a penalty between 3,000 and 5,000 pesos for driving…

The dangerous pattern emerging on the Mérida-Cancún toll highway

The dangerous pattern emerging on the Mérida-Cancún toll highway

In the early hours of Jan. 29, yet another fatal accident was reported on the Mérida-Cancún toll highway. On this occasion, one driver lost his life when he was thrown from his vehicle after being struck by a refrigeration truck. On Jan. 24, a 2-year-old was killed and three of his family members were injured…

60% of controversial Prolongacíon tunnel thought to be salvageable

60% of controversial Prolongacíon tunnel thought to be salvageable

The Prolongacíon Paseo de Montejo underpass, which was chronically flooded in 2020, might be saved. Or at least 60% of it, said a city official. The relatively short tunnel, completed in 2011 to remedy traffic conditions at a busy roundabout, made traffic worse when it flooded twice after record rainfall. The roadway was dug too…

Mérida considers the future of its controversial underwater underpass

Mérida considers the future of its controversial underwater underpass

A task force to assess the future of a flood-prone underpass was announced Tuesday by Mérida Mayor Renán Barrera. The short but controversial Prolongación tunnel has been underwater on and off since June. Barrera held a press conference to announce the task force, charged with assessing the viability of the paso deprimido. The landmark was…

Periférico is 5th deadliest highway in Mexico, new study claims

Periférico is 5th deadliest highway in Mexico, new study claims

The ring road that loops around Yucatan’s capital is one of the most dangerous in the country. A coalition of safety groups said Merida’s Periférico is Mexico’s fifth deadliest roads. The ranking appeared in “Informe de peatones y ciclistas fallecidos en México 2019” by Reacciona por la Vida, Juntos por Una Movilidad Segura and Céntrico….

Tetiz highway project to make Caucel junction safer

Tetiz highway project to make Caucel junction safer

When it opens in the first half of December, the Merida-Hunucmá highway overpass in Tetiz will make driving safer, according to the Yucatán Highway Infrastructure Institute (Incay). Construction at the Ciudad Caucel junction began in early March and is 72% complete. The 116-million-peso elevated highway is 386 meters / 1,266 feet long. A roundabout distributes…

Motorcyclist dies hitting memorial for an earlier fatal crash

Motorcyclist dies hitting memorial for an earlier fatal crash

A Buctzotz man, speeding around a curve, was killed Sunday afternoon when his motorcycle crashed into a niche built on the roadside. The victim died instantly when his head hit the small structure. The memorial was erected to contain the remains of another motorcyclist who died in the same spot on the Dzilam González-Buctzotz highway….

Coronavirus patients resist contact tracing, Yucatan governor complains

Coronavirus patients resist contact tracing, Yucatan governor complains

Warning that the coronavirus will be part of our lives into 2021, Yucatan Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal said an improvement plan addressing public transportation will be announced in the coming days. He also implored the public to cooperate with efforts to trace others who could have contracted COVID-19 from others. The governor’s video, released on…

Merida tests out 3D crosswalk to slow down traffic
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Merida tests out 3D crosswalk to slow down traffic

That crosswalk on Calle 49 at 50 is not actually floating. It was just drawn that way. Picking up on a trend seen all over the world, the Municipal Police Directorate is trying out an optical illusion meant to startle drivers into watching out for pedestrians. The yellow path appears to be levitating because dark…

Section of Merida-Chetumal highway to be modernized
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Section of Merida-Chetumal highway to be modernized

The rough edges of a four-hour drive to Chetumal are getting smoother. With an investment of 100 million pesos, the federal government and the Yucatan transportation ministry will continue its gradual expansion and modernization of the Mérida-Chetumal highway. Concentrating on nine kilometers / 5.5 miles of road between kilometer 81 to 90, the highway will…

Periferico speed limits are too high, says safety analyst

Merida, Yucatan — Speed limits recently posted on the ring road that surrounds most of the city are unsafe, a road-safety analyst said. The logic of transit engineer René Flores Ayora is that at lower speeds mean fewer road accidents on the Periferico de Mérida. So he recommends an 80-kph / 50 mph speed limit…

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