highway

4-lane highway and Home Port among Governor’s plans for area

Sonora Governor confirms plan for new Puerto Peñasco-Sonoyta highway As part of actions to support tourism infrastructure in the state, Sonora Governor Alfonso Durazo Montaño announced plans for construction of a four-lane highway between Sonoyta-Puerto Peñasco during his administration. Governor Durazo stressed the new highway would include participation of the private sector, noting it would […]

ADOT expertise helping Mexico create a safer trip to Puerto Peñasco

ADOT News Release Collaboration with Sonora working toward safety corridor on Mexico Route 8 February 21, 2018 LUKEVILLE – Arizona Department of Transportation expertise is helping officials in the Mexican state of Sonora promote safety on the highway leading to beaches in Puerto Peñasco. ADOT representatives visited Mexico recently to train first responders, the military […]

Lukeville-Puerto Peñasco Safety Corridor to begin March 5th

By José Antonio Pérez Stemming from a memorandum of understanding signed by Sonora and Arizona Governors Claudia Pavlovich Arellano and Doug Ducey at the Arizona-Sonora Commission held in Puerto Peñasco last November, the Lukeville-Puerto Peñasco Safety Corridor is set to go into effect starting March 5th. To reach this goal, detailed Natalia Rivera Grijalva of […]

Pardon our dust: Overpass & Detours

Due to current work on the overpass just north of town, a number of detours have been set up to point travelers around the Sonoyta – Puerto Peñasco – and Gulf of Santa Clara “intersection”, which is also linked to the Puerto Peñasco – Caborca highway. If you are traveling from Sonoyta, near the point […]

New overpass to provide added safety along highway

Layout and plotting work has begun on construction of an overpass at the current “round about” intersection along the Puerto Peñasco – Sonoyta – and Golfo de Santa Clara highway just north of town. The goal of the project is to prevent fatal road accidents at this point, which sadly have occurred in the past. […]