Tijuana Transforms with Massive Cleanup Effort on Vía Rápida

Tijuana Transforms with Massive Cleanup Effort on Vía Rápida

This day marked the seventh edition of the Cleanup and Public Space Restoration initiative in the city.

Por Eric Sanchez el July 11, 2025

The government of Mayor Ismael Burgueño Ruiz of Tijuana carried out the 7th large-scale cleanup campaign along Vía Rápida Alamar Sur and Norte, one of the city’s busiest roads, as part of ongoing efforts to restore and maintain public spaces.

Committed to improving the quality of life for residents in neighborhoods such as Murúa Campestre, Murúa Oriente, Alamar, Chilpancingo, Cañón del Padre, and Álamos, City Hall worked to enhance the area’s urban image and traffic flow.

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This Friday, a team of 280 municipal workers from several departments including the Directorate of Municipal Projects and Urban Infrastructure (DOIUM), the Directorate of Municipal Public Services (DSPM), and representatives from all nine delegations carried out cleanup efforts along 13,000 linear meters of Vía Rápida in both directions.

The tasks performed included sweeping and cleaning 45,000 square meters of road, removing graffiti from bridges, repainting curbs, pruning and weeding medians, and clearing sediment and trash along the entire avenue.

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The cleanup initiative was attended by councilmembers Michel García Arceo and Mónica Padilla, along with Municipal Cabinet Coordinator Leticia Vidrio Moreno, Acting Head of Delegation Coordination Adriana Barrera Hernández, and Secretary of Territorial, Urban, and Environmental Development Virginia Vargas González.

Also present were delegates from Downtown (José Luis Portillo Reyes); La Mesa (Bianka Najar Soto); La Presa A.L.R. (Gabriela Ponce Velázquez); La Presa Este (Joaquín Sandoval Chávez); Otay Centenario (Claudia Casas Valdez); and Sánchez Taboada (Teresa García Bañuelos).

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Mayor Ismael Burgueño Ruiz of Tijuana urged the community to keep public spaces clean and report illegal dumping by calling 072 for immediate action. The administration reaffirmed its commitment to working for a cleaner, more dignified Tijuana.

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