Cancún to Repave 2.6 Kilometers of Avenida De los Colegios in January 2027

Cancún, Quintana Roo — The Benito Juárez city government has announced a 2.6-kilometer repaving project on Avenida De los Colegios, with construction scheduled to begin in January 2027, Mayor Ana Paty Peralta said.

The work will cover the stretch from Avenida De los Colegios to Avenida Huayacán and will include a new hydraulic base seven centimeters thick, 16 absorption wells to prevent flooding, along with new sidewalks, curbs and public lighting.

Work Awaits Utility and Design Completion

Before crews can start, the city is completing the executive project, and the water utility Aguakan must finish the last stages of its drinking water and sanitary drainage installations.

Aguakan dug trenches three meters deep to install the water and drainage lines and later refilled them. Heavy rains caused the fill material to slip, damaging the roadway surface. In the meantime, the city’s Public Services Directorate is carrying out temporary pothole repairs.

Peralta said the city is committed to a full rebuild of the avenue.

“We have a commitment and we are going to keep it, like every commitment we have made: we are going to completely repave Avenida De los Colegios,” she said. “This will begin in January of next year because the executive project is being prepared right now, and Aguakan has to finish the last details of the water connection.”

The mayor described the project as a comprehensive upgrade that will benefit residents of the superblocks along that section of Cancún.

Paired One-Way System Under Study

The city government is also studying a new traffic layout alongside the municipal planning institute, IMPLAN, and the Transport and Traffic Directorate. The proposal would turn Avenida De los Colegios and Avenida Nazareth into a paired one-way system.

Under the plan, De los Colegios would carry traffic in one direction, running from Luis Donaldo Colosio boulevard toward Avenida Huayacán, while Nazareth would carry traffic the opposite way, from Huayacán back to Luis Donaldo Colosio boulevard.

Peralta noted that repaving work is already under way on Avenida Nazareth, which already has drainage and drinking water lines in place.

Traffic Diversions and School Access

The mayor asked residents to be patient while the work proceeds and to use alternative routes when possible.

“I want to ask residents for a little patience, because these are necessary works — previously we did not have drainage or drinking water lines,” she said.

Pablo Gutiérrez Fernández, the city government’s general secretary, said the area had not previously been incorporated into the municipality. The city completed the formalities to have the roads donated to the municipality, which allowed it to carry out the work using municipal public funds.

The Municipal Traffic Directorate said it will put a traffic management plan in place during construction. Vehicles will be diverted along Calle Durango and Rinconada de las Chachalacas to connect with Luis Donaldo Colosio boulevard.

Access to the International American School of Cancun (IAS) and the road to Mérida will remain controlled during student drop-off and pickup hours.