La Paz’s municipal government inaugurated a new 500-meter paved access road to the El Piojillo Municipal Sports Center, a project funded with nearly 12 million pesos ($667,000 USD) from the federal Municipal Social Infrastructure Fund, known as FAISMUN. The road represents the first phase of improved connectivity to one of the city’s largest public recreation facilities.
Complete Streets Design With Bike Paths and Accessible Sidewalks
The new road follows a complete-streets design. It includes vehicle lanes, dedicated bike paths, accessible sidewalks, and traffic safety markings. The layout is meant to serve athletes, families, and visitors arriving at the sports center on foot, by bicycle, or by car.
El Piojillo sits in the southern stretches of La Paz, the capital of Baja California Sur. The sports center, located near the Puente 8 de Octubre area, is part of a broader municipal sports complex that opened in recent years with trails, a multidisciplinary center, a skate park, and playing fields. Before the paving project, the access road was unpaved and difficult to navigate during the summer rainy season.
Federal Funds Cover the 12 Million Peso Project
FAISMUN is a federal program that channels money directly to municipalities for social infrastructure. Projects eligible for the fund typically address gaps in basic services, including water, drainage, roads, and public spaces in underserved areas. La Paz tapped the full 12 million pesos from that source for this first phase.
The designation as “phase one” means additional work is planned. Municipal officials have not yet confirmed the timeline or budget for subsequent phases, but the complete-streets template suggests the city intends to extend the same design standards along the full corridor leading to the sports complex.
La Paz has invested heavily in public sports infrastructure in recent years. The El Piojillo complex, designed by architecture firm CCA under Bernardo Quinzaños, was conceived as a way to decentralize the city’s recreational options beyond the Malecón waterfront. The complex includes walking trails, a bike path, courts, and open gathering areas.
The paved access road is now open to traffic. Future phases of the project have not yet been scheduled, according to BCS Noticias.