Study to Lower Mazatlán-Durango Highway Tolls Begins

by Maureen Dietrich
 26 Feb 14 
mazmessenger.com 

Codesin together with Sedeco of Durango will be responsible for the study.

Aarón Rivas Loaiza, Sinaloa Secretary of Economic Development, said yesterday a technical study will soon take place for a proposal to lower toll charges on the Mazatlán-Durango superhighway.

Once the study is completed, it will be officially presented to the Secretary of Communications and Transportation.

In charge of the study will be the Consejo para el Desarrollo de Sinaloa (Codesin), which together with Sedeco of Durango will be responsible for the study and presentation to the federal transportation department.

Speaking in Mazatlán at a meeting with members of Canirac, Rivas Loaiza pointed out a return trip on the superhighway costs more than 1,000 pesos in tolls, a considerable amount of money, and if the cost is lowered the number of vehicles using the highway will increase considerably.

The 230 kilometer Mazatlán-Durango highway costs drivers 506 pesos one way over four toll booths, which has provoked complaints.

Since the highway was opened on October 17 last year, functionaries and tourism organizations have been lobbying to reduce the fares to stimulate economic activity between the two cities.

(from Noroeste)