The Cancun real estate area is the focal point of an ever stronger network of tourist destinations throughout the Yucatan Peninsula, and those living in Cancun always enjoy the benefit of easy travel to various nearby colonial cities, world-renowned pyramid sites, eco-parks, and other tourist destinations. Plans are underway to make transportation from the Cancun real estate area to various key destinations easier and faster. There are currently plans awaiting approval for the construction of two new branches from the Merida-Cancun highway, and a new expressway.
Mayab, the concessioner for the Merida-Cancun highway, has plans for this year which include the construction of 115 miles of new highways in four tourist areas. The company has requested the rights from the Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT) to construct and administrate the following segments: El Tintal to Playa del Carmen, with an expressway to Playa del Carmen, Airport to Punta Sam and El Tintal to El Cedral.
Francisco Rubio Serna, chief of SCT-Yucatan, reported that the company has completed studies for the surveying and pre-planning of overpasses and a pre-evaluation of land ownership. The company is awaiting the approval of the SCT’s General Authority of Highways to commence work. Engineer Serna Rubio said the El Tintal-Playa del Carmen branch would start at just past kilometer 216 of the Cancun-Merida expressway and that it would be 47 kilometers long and connect with a 25 kilometer-long expressway.
This expressway will allow drivers traveling from the Cancun real estate area to Tulum to avoid hitting traffic and loosing time in Playa del Carmen. At the same time, with the existence of this branch, those traveling to Playa del Carmen would save an hour. Instead of spending three and half to four hours traveling along the Chemax-Coba-Tulum-Playa del Carmen route, the trip would be two to three hours and it would be less tiring.
