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NEW COASTAL HIGHWAY
A Coastal Highway of 350 miles is being built, and stretches from the USA Arizona border all the way down the State of Sonora up to Guaymas.
The last update on the construction of the coastal highway, is that it's close to Puerto Libertad, right on schedule to be completed by the end of 2009. The Coastal Highway will reach Bahia de Kino - Kino Bay approximately by September of 2009.
This highway will increase the number of tourists that visit Bahia de Kino - Kino Bay all year round, not only from the USA but also from Canada.
NAUTICAL LADDER
A nautical ladder is being built and scheduled to complete by the year 2009.
This will facilitate navigation from the Pacific Ocean going across the Baja Peninsula and into the Sea of Cortez instead of going all the way around the peninsula.
This picture shows the long term project of The Nautical Ladder
This picture shows the completed project, featuring many connecting points on the Pacific Ocean and into the Peninsula and the Sea of Cortes. It will provide related services, a gasoline distribution system to all the ports. It will have a total of 20 airports, 11 nautical centers, 24 connecting nautical stops, a ground bridge (shown on red) to provide ground transportation from the Pacific to the Sea of Cortes.
29 MARINAS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE SEA OF CORTEZ
Of the 29 marinas, 17 will be built. 12 are already completed and in process of renovation. Immediately adjacent to the area of consideration a wet marina begun construction in September 2007 in an area called Playa Esthela.
The marina in Playa Esthela will be surrounded by a condominium with at least 240 apartments, a club house, and other facilities. This is right outside the Kino Bay Estates and in front of the Dry Storage Marina. All the spaces in this marina have been rented out way before braking grounds. This is a picture of the proposed Marina, and all of the projects mentioned above.
A MEGAPROJECT FOR BAHIA DE KINO - KINO BAY
It has been made official on January 31st, 2008, by the Department of Tourism "FONATUR", a mega-project for Bahia de Kino - Kino Bay is considered. The 209 hectares project, the following will be included:
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Brand new golf course.
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Several Condominiums lots.
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5 Hotel lots with 672 rooms.
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499 residential lots.
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977 Commercial lots.
This Mega Project will generate a potential capacity of 4, 164 rooms. This project will create over 3,000 new direct jobs and over 12,000 indirect jobs. In this link one could read the official announcement from FONATUR, about all of the Mega Projects taking place in different parts of Mexico. Page 16 to 21 is about the Mega Project in Kino Bay - Bahia de Kino.
FONATUR is the driving force behind the Mexican tourism.
Above is the Fonatur Master Plan for the Mega Project in Kino Bay - Bahia de Kino
The picture shows the actual trajectory of the coastal highway in Bahia de Kino - Kino Bay. It is shown in white and connecting to the right with the main highway going to Hermosillo.
Airport is shown towards the center of the picture, with a landing strip in a East and West direction.
LAS VEGAS STYLE GAMBLING CASINOS
The Mexican Congress is trying to pass a law to approve Las Vegas style gambling casinos in Mexico.
This law is expected to pass within the next 12 months. This will cause the value of this land to increase tremendously practically overnight. |
