The Los Cabos municipal government is accelerating road maintenance and public lighting upgrades across several neighborhoods, with the most significant project being the repaving of a stretch of the Transpeninsular Highway between Punta Ballena and Puente 2000.
That highway segment carries heavy daily traffic between Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo. The municipality is coordinating the repaving work with FOIS (Fondo de Inversión y Estímulo al Turismo de la Zona de Los Cabos), the regional tourism infrastructure fund. Drivers should expect lane shifts and possible delays on the corridor while work is underway.
LED Streetlights Coming to La Ribera
In La Ribera, about 65 miles northeast of Cabo San Lucas on the East Cape, crews are filling potholes and installing more than 15 new LED streetlights. La Ribera has grown as a residential and vacation rental area in recent years, and the lighting upgrades are intended to improve nighttime safety along its roads.
Colonia 1 de Mayo, a neighborhood in the urban core, is receiving simultaneous street rehabilitation and lighting improvements. Municipal officials described the projects as part of an ongoing maintenance strategy rather than a one-time campaign.
Broader Road Work Across the Municipality
The push comes as Los Cabos contends with multiple infrastructure pressures. The Fonatur roundabout overpass project in San José del Cabo, which is 72% complete, continues to cause lane shifts and detours near the airport highway junction. Travelers are advised to budget an extra 30 minutes for airport transfers until that project wraps up, expected by the end of April.
The city also recently acquired specialized pothole repair equipment, 20 new garbage trucks, and 20 water tankers as part of a broader public services upgrade. At the federal level, the Transpeninsular Highway through Baja California Sur is included in Mexico’s National Highway Conservation Program, a 50 billion peso (roughly $2.5 billion USD) initiative targeting 18,000 kilometers of highways nationwide. Under that program, potholes are supposed to be repaired within 72 hours of detection.
Road conditions across Los Cabos have been a recurring complaint from residents and visitors alike. A 2023 report from FITURCA (the Los Cabos Tourism Trust) found that tourists cited poor road conditions, including potholes and traffic light outages, as a top concern. The municipality’s Permanent Pothole Program (Programa Permanente de Bacheo) has been running since at least 2023.
This story was first reported by the Los Cabos municipal government at loscabos.gob.mx.