Officials Plan Bike Path Connection to Nichupté Bridge in Cancun

Cancún, Quintana Roo — The state government is developing a project to connect the bike path in Cancun’s hotel zone with the vehicular bridge that crosses the Nichupté Lagoon.

Ricardo Archundia Sánchez, operational president of the Quintana Roo Tourism Infrastructure Institute (Infratur), said officials are identifying suitable spaces to expand the bike lane network in the city’s tourist area.

“We’re working with the Infratur team to expand this bike path,” he said. “We want to create a connection all the way to the Nichupté Bridge. We’re looking for the right spaces to keep growing the route — recreational areas where people can coexist and enjoy the boulevard.”

About 10 kilometers of bike path are already in place in the hotel zone, but reaching the bridge will require adding roughly three kilometers, according to Infratur. Officials are analyzing possible alignments for the new segment.

“Right now we have 10 kilometers consolidated, which have always existed and which we’ve been recovering and improving,” Archundia said. “The bridge is at kilometer 12.8 — that’s the entrance to the Nichupté Bridge. So we still have a challenge of two or three kilometers to get there, passing through La Isla and a bit toward the back. We have to find the space, because there isn’t much median left due to the right of way. But we’re working hard on that.”

Archundia said the aim is to complete construction of the bike path segment by the end of this year, describing it as a “relevant” project. He stressed that the proposal is still being developed.

“We have to work on the project proposal with the Municipal Planning Institute (Implan), the municipality and the state government, then present it to Governor Mara Lezama,” he said. “From there, the connectivity proposal will move forward.”

The project adds to another initiative being developed at the Benito Juárez municipal government to strengthen Cancun’s bike network. Implan director Héctor Sánchez Tirado recently announced a separate proposal to build a bike path connecting the Nichupté Bridge to La Equidad park.