If you have sat in traffic on Kukulcán Boulevard recently, staring at the bumper in front of you for 45 minutes just to move a mile, you know the pain. For the last two years, we’ve all been pinning our hopes on the massive Nichupté Bridge project. It’s that giant structure you see rising out …
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If you’ve ever landed in Cancún feeling this close to the beach… and then immediately met the final boss called Kukulcán Boulevard traffic, you’re going to love this update. We at The Cancun Sun have been tracking the chaos caused by the Nichupté Bridge connection work in the Hotel Zone, and there’s finally a real, …
Travel to the hotel zone in Cancun has been a challenge recently for tourists as a blockade of the main access road, Kukulcán Boulevard, was in effect by the activist group Madres Buscadoras de Quintana Roo. The protest started on Tuesday, May 28 and after 18 hours, they finally released one of the blocked lanes …
Cancun has easily become one of the most connected areas in the Mexican Caribbean in the past few years. More recently, the addition of Maya Train has meant that traveling in and around the popular tourist destination is easier than ever, allowing tourists to experience all the marvellous treats that the area and its surroundings …
It’s the main road heading from the international airport to the main tourist zone in Cancun, Mexico’s leading beach tourist destination. Because there is so much tourist traffic on the road, it’s a popular spot for advertisers promoting their products to travelers on their vacation getaway. However, a recent event caught many travelers by surprise …
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was in Cancun this weekend to officially inaugurate the completion of the brand new $7.2 billion peso ($421 million) Cancun Cloverleaf airport road collector project. It’s a high-profile road work project that will help speed tourists along to the Cancun International Airport. The New Airport Collector A project of …
One of the biggest things travelers to Cancun have issues with when they come to the beach resort destination is traffic, especially when it comes to airport traffic. A big step towards solving that problem is finally being tackled as the Cancun Cloverleaf highway project officially passes the halfway mark of completion. The Cancun Cloverleaf …
The end of a vacation is a hard time enough without having to worry about delays on the way to the airport. That was the case for hundreds of travelers a few weeks ago who ended up abandoning their rides and making a sprint for the airport after reported traffic delays of up to 5 …
A local judge has temporarily halted the construction of Cancun’s new vehicular bridge to the hotel zone over environmental concerns. Environmentalist groups have sued the massive infrastructure project due to its possible impact on local flora and fauna, especially in the biodiverse mangroves of the Nichupté Lagoon. The flagship infrastructure project, Puente Vehicular Nichupté (Nichupté …
Taking a taxi to reach your hotel may be one of the first things you do after arriving at Cancun International Airport. But in an increasing number of cases, taxis have been to blame for traffic accidents, which have resulted in several hundred injuries this year alone. Recent statistics reveal that taxis are involved in …