"Improved" Road to La Ropa

After having completely dug up the road from Kyoto plaza up almost to the old Blue Mamou building, workers no longer seem to be around and work seems to have ceased. Word on the street is that they "ran out of money and don't have anything left to pay the workers". I don't know if this is true, but I wonder if it may be part of the same thing alluded to by Rob in another message re end-of-term officials cashing in and moving on. Whatever the story, I pity the poor businesses/hotels that are now no longer accessible to their customers.

That is exactly what happened. The old "ran out of money" gag even though the budget appears inflated. Same thing as with the part of Avenida Morelos that goes around Laguna Las Salinas. It's been sitting there less than 50% finished for over a year. This was another project initiated by the same branch of the state government. Apparently some extreme corruption and ineptness is being allowed to run rampant. If I didn't know better (and I don't, come to think of it) I'd almost think some influential people were trying to harm Zihuatanejo's tourism on purpose to drive down property values so they can acquire it cheaply.