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MARCH 2014
In the first stage the road is to be built
with a 2 x 0 lanes, one-way profile.
As traffic increases, in the second stage the
road will be widened to a 2 x 2 with two-
way traffic.
The Gran Canal motorway marks Mota-
Engil Mexico’s signing of major contracts
in metropolitan Mexico City, the scene of
the majority of economic development in
the country, with 22 million inhabitants.
INAUGURATION AFTER THE
REFURBISHMENT WORK ON THE
BOULEVARD LÁZARO CÁRDENAS
Mota-Engil Mexico has carried out the
work of refurbishment of the Boulevard
Lázaro Cárdenas in the city of Xalapa in
the state of Veracruz under a design and
build contract worth 22 million euros, the
official inauguration being attended by the
Governor of the State of Veracruz, Javier
Duarte de Ochoa.
As one of the city’s main arteries, 12
kilometres in length and with a profile
varying from 3 x 3 to 2 x 2 lanes and
with 60 thousand vehicles using it on a
daily basis, the road was badly in need of
renewal. The contract called for its re-
surfacing, partly with a rigid covering
and partly with asphalt, the renewal of
the drainage system, modernisation of
the lighting and the signalling system
(using LEDs and an intelligent power
management system), landscaping of
the verges and the installation of urban
furniture.
Solutions unknown in Mexico were
employed such as the use of glass-fibre
mesh to strengthen the asphalt surface and
to extend the longer-term life of the surface.
Principal quantities used on the contract:
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Concrete on the rigid surface:
49,000 m
3
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Hydraulics system:
12,000 m
3
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Bituminous mixture on the concrete
wear course
: 58,000 ton
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Glass-fibre mesh reinforcement for the
asphalt surface:
192,000 m
3
MOTA-ENGIL MEXICO IN
THE REFURBISHMENT OF THE
MOTORWAYS BELONGING
TO THE LARGEST MEXICAN
PUBLIC OPERATOR
During 2013, Mota-Engil Mexico was
awarded two further contracts for the
refurbishment of motorways belonging to
the public operator, CAPUFE – Caminos y
Puentes Federales de Ingresos y Servicios
Conexos, worth a total of 23 million euros.
The contracts in question are for the
refurbishment of the a stretch of the
La
Tinaja-Cosoleacaque
motorway
stretch connecting Isla - Is la to Acayucan,
23.5 kilometres long as well as the
refurbishment of the Acatzingo-Cd.
Mendoza motorway, some 44.5 kilometres,
long.
Thecompanyhadpreviouslydemonstrated
its capacity for completing contracts on
time and with the quality required.
This level of quality is the result of the
use of the two bituminous concrete
production facilities operated by the
company, with capacities of 260 and 160
tonnes per hour respectively and the only
ones of their type in Mexico. Mota-Engil
Mexico has proved itself to be a major local
player in the field of the refurbishment of
motorways using bituminous concrete.
Mota-Engil Mexico was
awarded the concessio
for the construction,
operation, maintenance
and conservation of the
Gran Canal motorway.
Mota-Engil representative