Municipal work crews in Los Cabos have cleared more than 80 kilometers of the Transpeninsular Highway, removing roughly 220 tons of trash, silt, and vegetation from the corridor that connects Cabo San Lucas to San José del Cabo. The cleanup, run through the city’s Temporary Employment Program, spans the stretch from Migriño in Cabo San Lucas to the community of Santa Anita in San José del Cabo.
Dozens of workers report to assigned sections of the highway each day between 6 and 7 a.m. They clear medians, shoulders, and lateral roads of accumulated debris. The program is managed by the XV Ayuntamiento de Los Cabos through its Dirección General de Servicios Públicos (General Directorate of Public Services).
Jobs and Cleaner Roads
Manuel Ernesto Montaño Castro, the city’s director of Public Services, said the Temporary Employment Program serves a dual purpose: improving public spaces while creating paid work for local residents. Montaño Castro pointed to the visible progress already evident along the highway as proof of the crews’ commitment.
The Transpeninsular Highway is the main artery linking the two cities of Los Cabos. According to the Urban Planning Institute, more than 63,000 vehicles use the highway daily. About 66 percent of that traffic moves between Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo, while the remaining 34 percent serves the wider tourist corridor and points north.
What Drivers Should Know
Motorists should expect to see active work zones along the highway during morning hours. The city is asking drivers to slow down near crews and obey all posted signage. Authorities are also urging the public to stop dumping trash, tree branches, and construction rubble along the road, its medians, and lateral access roads.
The highway has already been the focus of separate infrastructure efforts. A major overpass project at the Fonatur Roundabout in San José del Cabo was reported earlier this year as more than 70 percent complete, aiming to relieve a bottleneck that regularly adds 20 to 30 minutes to airport transfers during peak hours. The municipality also approved a land donation in 2025 for the planned Los Cabos Interurban Axis, a future alternate route between the two cities.
The cleanup program has no scheduled end date. City officials said maintenance crews will continue working along the highway indefinitely to keep the route clean and safe. The story was first reported by Colectivo Pericú and confirmed by the Los Cabos municipal government website.