Playa del Carmen to Reprogram 66 Million Pesos for Public Works

Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo — The 66 million pesos in municipal funds set aside for 2026 that were pulled from the city’s annual operating program will be reprogrammed for public works projects by the end of this year, officials said.

Mario Méndez Navarro, the city’s secretary of planning and evaluation, said the approved modifications to the 2026 Annual Operating Program affected funding for several projects, including those financed with federal money, such as the rehabilitation of the access road to Punta Esmeralda.

During the last meeting of the Municipal Development Planning Committee, known as Coplademun, the city approved 496 million pesos for public works. The 66 million pesos in local tax revenue, however, were temporarily removed from the schedule. Méndez said the money will not be lost and will be restored once officials authorize the projects it will fund.

“We have 496 million pesos for public works; the 66 million pesos in local funds will be reprogrammed to define which projects will start,” he said.

The secretary said federally funded projects are still moving forward, including the upgrade of the Punta Esmeralda access, which has met the requirements needed to begin construction.

For the 2026 fiscal year, the municipality also has 353 million pesos from FORTAMUN, a federal fund for municipal strengthening, and 76.9 million pesos from FAISMUN, the municipal social infrastructure fund.

Méndez explained that as federal resources are transferred to the city, the appropriate bidding processes are carried out to contract works and projects, and to issue required advance payments.

A Coplademun working session is planned for this week, though the formal discussion on how to reprogram the 66 million pesos is expected to take place at the committee’s next meeting. At that point, officials will define which projects will receive the funding.