Tulum begins restoration of key coastal thoroughfare

A long-overdue roadworthy betterment task successful the Caribbean edifice municipality of Tulum is “progressing steadily,” according to Mayor Diego Castañon.

Castañon said the completed roadworthy volition amended connectivity and information successful 1 of the busiest tourer and work areas successful the municipality. He offered a advancement study successful a video posted to societal media connected May 23.

La rehabilitación del camino costero avanza para el beneficio de ciudadanos y visitantes. Seguimos trabajando, pues #Tulum lo merece. pic.twitter.com/66IgLybAuG

— Diego Castañón Trejo (@diegocastanonmx) May 23, 2025

The archetypal signifier of the task volition amended 4,200 quadrate meters of Cobá Sur Avenue and volition necessitate an 8.4 million-peso (US $435,000) investment, according to Tulum’s Public Works manager Christian Moguel.

Coba Sur Avenue — besides known arsenic Avenida Okoót — is an important entree roadworthy to hotels, archaeological sites and beaches, but it has needed attraction for years, with residents and concern owners joining forces to request repairs, according to Riviera Maya News.

Repairs connected the coastal thoroughfare, which began connected May 19, volition “provide a decent, functional roadway befitting the grandeur of our municipality,” Castañon said.

Improvements on a cardinal 3-kilometer agelong of the road, see tempest drainage, caller signage and asphalt resurfacing, which “will alteration the mode we enter, permission and unrecorded successful our municipality,” the politician said successful a abstracted May 23 societal media post. 

The project, which volition straight payment 47,000 people, besides features improvements to pedestrian and bicycle lanes, according to the mayor.

Castañon called connected residents to beryllium patient, adding that “what’s coming volition beryllium overmuch better, and it volition beryllium worthy the wait.”

The repairs are being carried retired successful stages to minimize disruption to regular traffic.

The Tulum archaeological tract is 1 of the best-preserved coastal Maya sites, and its abbreviated region from Cancún and the surrounding Riviera Maya has made it a fashionable attraction successful the Yucatán Península.

The edifice municipality successful the authorities of Quintana Roo is renowned for immoderate of Mexico’s finest beaches.

With reports from Riviera Maya News and 24 horas Quintana Roo