On 13 December last Mexico's Secretariat of Communications and Transport awarded FCC, partnered with other local companies, the contract to build the Cabo San Lucas Bypass junctions in San José del Cabo, located in the Mexican state of Baja California.

The contract is worth 21 million euros and has a 23-month completion period, during which time the highway branches will be built connecting the inland motorway with the cities of San José del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas. The branches will be 6.5 and 6.6 kilometres long, respectively.

The roadway will be 14 metres wide, with two 3.5-metre-wide lanes running in each direction, capable of handling traffic cruising at a speed of 110 kilometres per hour. The land at the junction sites is flat, so the environmental impact on the area will be minimum.

FCC Is Engaged in Special Projects in Mexico

In Mexico FCC does business through its subsidiary FCC México, which is engaged in important projects such as Coatzacoalcos underwater tunnel in the state of Veracruz. Coatzacoalcos is a great example of technological innovation in the construction field and will become the first tunnel of its sort in Latin America. Recently FCC finished building the piers of San Marcos Viaduct, the second-tallest viaduct in the world.