During his tour of Chapala, the Governor announced the rehabilitation of the main street and entrance to Chapala and the renovation of three schools in the municipality.
Jalisco Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez together with Chapala President Alejandro de Jesús Aguirre Curiel during the dedication of the 16 kilometers of bicycle lanes in Chapala, in front of La Milagrosa park, at the entrance to the municipal capital. Photo: Jazmín Stengel.
Jazmín Stengel(Chapala).- Jalisco governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez announced an investment of more than 213 million pesos for four projects during his working tour of Chapala on March 25, 2022. He also inaugurated the Chapala – Jocotepec bike path, toured the 63.32 million pesos rehabilitation of the Auditorio de la Ribera and promised funds for the rehabilitation of the Santa Cruz de la Soledad highway to Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos.
During his tour he announced the upgrades to Francisco I. Madero Avenue in the municipal capital and, and the Telesecundaria ‘Guadalupe Victoria’ school in Santa Cruz de la Soledad, and more facilities for the Instituto Tecnológico Superior Mario Molina’ campus.
The Instituto Tecnológico Superior will receive 40 million pesos to build 18 new, fully equipped classrooms, multi-purpose rooms and a library. In addition, Governor Alfaro promised to have the Jalisco High Speed Internet Network ready in the next three weeks. This network will also be implemented at the ‘Guadalupe Victoria’ high school.
During his visit to the Telesecundaria in Santa Cruz de la Soledad, the governor said he had spent $12.9 million pesos on the new infrastructure and promised those present to be able to inaugurate the new classroom modules.
Governor Alfaro Ramírez inaugurated the 16 kilometers of bicycle lanes that were built in the municipality of Chapala as part of the state program MiBici. The work that began in 2019, was carried out in two stages with a complementary project that had a cost of 87 million pesos.
The bikeway, which starts in the municipal capital of Chapala and ends at the junction of the Jocotepec beltway along 24.3 kilometers, had a total cost of 211 million pesos, said Enrique Alfaro.
The Governor also announced an upgrade to the entrance to Chapala at Francisco I. Madero Avenue, a 900 meter-long project designed in multiple stages to avoid affecting traffic at Chapala’s busiest intersection. He showed a video detailing how the project would look.
The project has three main objectives. The first is to improve the roadway, replacing the current cobblestones with hydraulic cement and renovating the water and sewage networks that run underneath it. The second is to arrange the parking lot in parallel so that cars «no longer back up» along the avenue, thus avoiding traffic mishaps and maintaining two traffic lanes.
Finally, the project will improve the image of the city’s entrance by installing a fountain on the walkway, almost in front of the San Francisco de Asís parish. It will also extend the bicycle path to the boardwalk, turning the avenue into a «shared street», and modernize the existing outdoor furniture and add new trees.
The 17.5 million-peso cost for the first stage has been secured and the work will begin after the Holy Week-Easter vacations. Although no budget for the total work was disclosed, Chapala Mayor Aguirre Curiel estimated a total cost of approximately 80 million pesos.
A percentage of the still unconfirmed budget will be given to the avenue’s merchants so that they can also improve their image by making it more uniform. This work has been delegated to the Chapala City Council to begin the organization and work with merchants. The construction will be managed by the Secretariat of Infrastructure and Public Works of the State (SIOP).
Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan
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