Fish Monument soon to go up in new location
Within coming weeks, the 6 x 2.5 meter sailfish monument once located at the intersection of Calle 13 and Blvd. Juarez is set to go up in its new location near the entrance to the Old Port. This comes nearly seven months after the monument was removed, along with additional work to modify its base plus renovation and maintenance work on the Fish Monument itself.
Municipal Public Works Director José Luis Montijo Torres made assurances the new location will not cause any traffic altercations and is a more representative location for Puerto Peñasco’s fishermen as it will be near the entrance to the panga dock in the Old Port.
Río Colorado Bridge Trust funds to go towards street renewal in Puerto Peñasco
The city of Puerto Peñasco plans to repave 9 city streets following approval of funds allocated to this area from the Rio Colorado Bridge Trust. The upcoming road work will represent an investment of 23.1 million pesos from the bridge trust, which is a welcome boost to municipal infrastructure.
Puerto Peñasco mayor Jorge Pivac Carrillo detailed roads to receive attention in coming months include:
- Calle López Mateos between Blvd. Juarez and Ave. Juventino Rosas
- Calle Revolución between Blvd. Juarez and Derecho de vía (railroad right of way)
- Calle Lázaro Cárdenas between Blvd. Juarez and Ave. Constitución
- Calle Benito Juárez between Blvd. Juárez and Ave. Constitución
- Calle Juan Aldama between Blvd. Juárez and Ave. Constitución
- Calle Simón Morúa between Blvd. Benito Juarez and Ave. Constitución
- Calle Adolfo Ruiz Cortínez between Blvd. Juárez and Ave. Constitución
- Calle Cuauhtémoc between Blvd. Benito Juárez and Ave. Constitución
- Calle Nicolás Bravo between Blvd. Benito Juárez and Ave. Constitución
Plans for new landfill on hold till 2024
Due to state budgetary constraints, plans to build a new landfill in Puerto Peñasco have been pushed to 2024, reports Puerto Peñasco mayor Jorge Pivac Carrillo. However, operation of a new holding cell, built at the current landfill earlier this year, will be fast-tracked. Use of the new cell had been on hold due to lack of adequate machinery to ensure appropriate final disposal of the city’s waste.
Puerto Peñasco’s current landfill has far surpassed its useful life and continues to represent several problems, including smoldering residue that has led to fires. With this in mind, the city has been taking steps for construction of a new landfill, which comes at a cost of 33.5 million pesos (about 1.9 million USD). As the municipality does not have funds to build a new landfill on its own, a project to do so now sits with the State Secretary of Infrastructure and Urban Development.
