With the aim of strengthening road safety, improving connectivity, and supporting the tourist and productive development of the province, the provincial Vialidad will launch a strategic plan for repavement and signage in 2026, with the first works beginning in February. San Juan authorities confirmed that key works on provincial routes are already in the bidding process. They include the application of asphalt concrete for repavement and an integral scheme of horizontal painting and vertical signage, essential for organizing traffic and reducing risks on the roads. According to the Argentine News Agency, interventions will be focused exclusively on provincial roads, aiming to recover deteriorated sections due to the passage of time and intensive use. In this sense, the work will be carried out on: Avenida de Circunvalación, North and South accesses to National Route 40, and National Route 20 towards the East sector. What tasks do the works in the region include? From general cleaning and maintenance of shoulders, to the replacement of guardrails and improvements in road infrastructure, essential services for safer and more orderly traffic. Response to rains and road emergencies. Periodic rains in the province generate complications for transit, leaving materials and rockfalls at various points. These improvements directly impact the safety of drivers and pedestrians, but also on tourist activity, by optimizing corridors used by visitors traveling to high-value landscape areas such as Calingasta, Iglesia, Zonda, and Valle Fértil, among others. In turn, the provincial Vialidad Directorate is advancing with conservation tasks using its own teams to guarantee transitability and permanent maintenance of the road network at different points in the provincial state. Maintenance of national routes with high traffic flow. Thanks to an agreement with National Vialidad, tasks on national arteries with a large daily flow of vehicles have also been approved.
