Teachers in Tulum Protest Poor Road Conditions to Chanchén Primero and Xulul

Tulum, Quintana Roo — Around 50 teachers who work in rural communities of Tulum demonstrated outside the municipal palace on Tuesday, demanding the government repair the state road that links Chanchén Primero with Xulul, on the border with Yucatán.

Carrying banners with slogans such as “Less promises, more solutions” and “More roads, better education,” the educators said they must travel the deteriorating route every day to reach their schools.

They said the worst stretch covers seven kilometers between Chanchén Primero and Xulul, plus another four kilometers toward San Silverio — roughly 11 kilometers that they described as practically abandoned.

Call for action from all levels of government

“Less promises, more solutions. One of the problems we have faced for many years is access to the Maya Zone. We are calling on the governor and on all three levels of government to finally solve this problem,” one teacher said during the protest.

The demonstrators also said the municipal president, Diego Castañón Trejo, promised to rehabilitate the road during his election campaign, and that the work has not been done.

They stressed that the road is not only a teachers’ issue. Merchants, medical staff and families also depend on the route, including residents who travel to Valladolid, Yucatán, for medical care.

Teachers said the journey has become a daily struggle for those who must keep to school schedules and move constantly between the rural communities, and argued that drivable roads are essential to guaranteeing access to education in Tulum’s Maya Zone.

The demonstration disrupted traffic on Avenida Tulum in the direction of Bonampak.