road work

Progress along Calle 13

By Azucena Mazon There has been an 85% advance in paving and sidewalk work along Calle 13, which will be detained for a week during the upcoming Rocky Point Rally so that bikers can freely circulate along the street as has been the tradition. Staff working on the road project confirm a layer of asphalt […]

Road projects for Blvd. Benito Juarez

Press Release: The Puerto Peñasco City Council has given approval to Mayor Gerardo Figueroa Zazueta to establish an agreement with the State of Sonora for a second dispersal of funds to be put toward repaving sections of Blvd. Juarez. The first part of the 180 million pesos from the Federal level has already been put […]

Governor Padrés presents check for road work in Puerto Peñasco

By Azucena Mazón On Tueday, June 25th, Sonora Governor Guillermo Padrés Elías presented Puerto Peñasco Mayor Prof. Gerardo Figueroa Zazueta with a check for 40 million pesos to go toward the paving of four important tourism avenues in the city. Upon presenting the check, the Governor stressed the importance of improving the overall image of […]

Alternate route through Sonoyta during bridge work

The drive down to Puerto Peñasco from Arizona currently includes some interesting construction spots along the way. When coming from Phoenix down through Gila Bend, you will surely note the overpass work going on just as you come into town – check signs carefully for turnoffs, etc. Then, just after you cross the border and work […]

Holiday driving in Rocky Point

On a short jaunt out to Las Conchas the other day I came across plows, which is not necessarily something to report on – plows in the Winter…but this is the beach!  The plows were pushing sand into banks along the side of the road, which was being grated following all the recent rains we’ve […]