Baja California Governor Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda announced a 310 million peso ($17.2 million USD) investment in the Maneadero Parte Alta boulevard in Ensenada, calling it part of a historic infrastructure push for the municipality. The Ensenada boulevard project targets one of the city’s most congested corridors, aiming to improve traffic flow and mobility in the agricultural zone south of the city center.
State Reports 1.2 Billion Pesos Spent on Ensenada This Year
State Infrastructure Secretary Arturo Espinoza Jaramillo said Baja California has invested over 1.2 billion pesos ($66.7 million USD) in Ensenada infrastructure this year. The spending covers road work, health clinics, and public transit upgrades across several neighborhoods, including Maneadero and Popular 89.
Maneadero sits about 15 miles south of downtown Ensenada along the Transpeninsular Highway (Highway 1). The area functions as a gateway to the agricultural Ojos Negros valley and the coastal road leading to La Bufadora, a popular tourist blowhole attraction. Heavy truck traffic from farms and greenhouses in the zone regularly clogs the existing road network there.
Tijuana to Ensenada Bypass Planned for 2026 Start
The governor also referenced the planned Tijuana to Ensenada bypass as part of the broader infrastructure strategy. That project, a roughly 24 kilometer alternate route between the two cities, carries an estimated cost of 3.5 billion pesos ($194 million USD). The federal infrastructure agency SICT (Mexico’s transportation and communications ministry) aims to begin construction in 2026, with completion expected in about four years.
Ensenada, a port city of roughly 330,000 people located about 70 miles south of the U.S. border at San Ysidro, has seen growing interest from industrial investors. The city’s Business Coordinating Council recently announced plans for over $300 million in public works to support nearshoring, including expansion of the El Sauzal seaport and a proposed international cargo airport.
The boulevard project has no announced completion date yet. The governor’s office did not specify a construction timeline for the Maneadero Parte Alta work, according to La Jornada Baja California.