200+ Vial Works Modernize Aguascalientes

On May 19, 2026, the government of Aguascalientes said it had carried out more than 200 road and urban infrastructure projects aimed at improving mobility across the state. The package spans street, highway and bridge work under Governor María Teresa Jiménez Esquivel, known publicly as Tere Jiménez, according to state government materials and a report published by El Economista. The projects were presented as part of a broader effort to modernize the state’s road network and speed the movement of people and goods. Officials said the works are intended to support investment and economic activity, though that assessment comes from the state itself. ### Which projects are the state highlighting most? The Tercer Anillo rehabilitation is the centerpiece of the state’s account of the program. Government materials say the project is in its sixth stage and has covered more than 295,000 square meters with hydraulic concrete, which the state described as one of its most important mobility works in recent years. (eleconomista.com.mx) The Villa Sur bridge expansion is another project the government singled out. State materials say the bridge was widened to four lanes to ease congestion in the south of the capital, where officials said the crossing had been a bottleneck for years. The government said the work benefits residents of more than 10 housing developments, including Villa Sur, Vistas del Sur, San Sebastián, Lomas de Oriente, Bonaterra and Ronda Residencial. (eleconomista.com.mx) ### How broad is the road program beyond the capital? The state said the works are not limited to the city of Aguascalientes. Among the projects it listed were the road linking Clavellinas and San Antonio de los Martínez in the municipality of Asientos, the rehabilitation of Avenida Solidaridad in the capital, paving on state highway 99 between the Cruz Azul cement plant and the junction with Tepezalá, and restoration work at the La Guayana junction in San Francisco de los Romo. (eleconomista.com.mx) A September 29, 2025 state government update also described 218 mobility works completed over the previous year, including new streets, bike lanes, and maintenance on roads and highways. That earlier accounting used similar examples, including the fifth stage of Tercer Anillo and the Villa Sur bridge expansion, suggesting the May 2026 announcement builds on a program the administration had already been tracking publicly. (eleconomista.com.mx) ### What numbers is the government using to show progress? State government materials say Aguascalientes increased the number of rehabilitated road kilometers by more than 500% during Jiménez’s administration. The same materials say construction and rehabilitation of streets and roads rose by 68% or, in an earlier official update, 68.6%. Those figures were presented by the government as evidence of a larger infrastructure push. (informacion.aguascalientes.gob.mx) The September 2025 update placed the road program inside a wider public works agenda. In that release, the government said it had completed more than 900 works in one year across all municipalities, including 323 education projects, 37 health projects, 13 sports projects, 218 mobility projects and 112 hydraulic works. (eleconomista.com.mx) ### Who is making the case that the projects help competitiveness? Governor Teresa Jiménez’s administration is making that argument directly. In materials distributed through state channels and republished by El Economista and other Mexican outlets, officials said the road works strengthen investment attraction, support economic development and help position Aguascalientes as a better-connected place to live, work and do business. Those characterizations were presented as the government’s view, not as an independently measured outcome in the reports reviewed. (informacion.aguascalientes.gob.mx) El Economista identified the May 19 item as content sourced from the Government of Aguascalientes. That attribution matters because the core claims, project list and performance figures in circulation match the state’s own language closely. ### What comes next in the state’s mobility buildout? (eleconomista.com.mx) As of the May 19, 2026 government update, the sixth stage of the Tercer Anillo rehabilitation was still underway. State planning materials published in March 2026 under the Plan Aguascalientes 2050 framework also list mobility as one of the long-term policy tracks the administration says will guide future projects. That means the next public milestones are likely to come through state government progress reports tied to ongoing works such as Tercer Anillo and regional road connections in municipalities including Asientos and San Francisco de los Romo. (eleconomista.com.mx)