Playa Del Carmen Home Owners To See $100 M In Road Maintenance

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Property buyers interested in Playa del Carmen Homes, Playa del Carmen Land or Playa del Carmen Condos can buy in this area with confidence that getting around as a part of day to day life will be easy, smooth and convenient. The property taxes which home and condo owners in the area - which are considerably lower than what you might expect from the U.S. or Canada - go to good use, keeping up roads, improving highways and building bridges to make driving a breeze. So far traffic has not been a problem here - it takes about 15 minutes to drive from one extreme of Playa del Carmen to the other, maybe 20 when there's traffic - and the government's invetment of funds is doing a great job in keeping things this way.

In 2010, the highways in the Playa del Carmen ...
... real estate area will be receiving an investment of about 100 million dollars; 10 million more than in 2009. The funds will be applied in the maintenance of the federal road network, as well as in the ongoing construction of the new overpasses on the federal highway in Playa del Carmen.

The primary objective is to maintain the highway network in the state, including bridges; in this area 15 million dollars will be invested, in order to keep this important infrastructure in good condition. In a recent 3rd party evaluation, the highway network for the area obtained a score of 480 points out of a maximum of 500, which indicates that they are in excellent condition; this is excellent news for Playa del Carmen real estate buyers, showing that they can buy real estate with confidence that the roads and highways are in good shape now, and will continue to be that way.

Another 30 million dollars are dedicated for the three new overpasses on the section of the federal highway running past downtown Playa del Carmen. These new overpasses were started in the fall of 2009, and are designed both to make it easier for Playa del Carmen real estate owners to travel to nearby cities and attractions, and to ease traffic in town. They are being built over the three main roads providing access to the beachfront, Playa del Carmen's famous Fifth Avenue, and the two new shopping malls on the other side of the highway. The work is moving ahead quickly and efficiently - as per usual in Playa - and as of mid-February, the first bridge is about 60% complete, the second has its substructure ready and the third started has the foundations for its supports. The work is expected to be 100% complete in December of 2010.

Work also is also scheduled to begin on a new highway connecting Playa del Carmen to the eastern part of the neighboring state of Yucatan (Playa, Cancun, Tulum and Cozumel are in the state of Quintana Roo) providing easier access to Mayan pyramid sites, eco theme parks and colonial cities in the area.

Playa del Carmen home and condo buyers can buy properties in this area with confidence that the infrastructure will be maintained and improved on an ongoing basis. Besides meaning easier drives on weekend trips to the many, many nearby attractions, it provides the simple but important comfort of day to day ease in getting around.

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