The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
In the face of nagging traffic tangles that have persisted over the past year to the aggravation of local motorists, the reconstruction of Chapala’s Avenida Madero is now moving along at a steady pace after Jalisco’s Secretariat of Infrastructure and Public Works (SIOP) contracted three separate private companies to carry out the third stage of the top-to-bottom main street rehab project.
In an effort to alleviate some of the traffic congestion that plagues the junction of the Libramiento and the Chapala-Jocotepec highway, Jalisco’s Secretariat of Infrastructure and Public Works (SIOP) has given a green light to building a second off-ramp from the bypass for vehicles heading west towards Ajijic.
Dozens of new trash containers suddenly appeared in the center of Ajijic two weeks ago, in a initiative attributed to Jalisco’s Pueblo Mágico program.
Lake Chapala is showing the impact of the delayed start of the summer rainy season combined with June’s on-going heat wave.
Oppressive heat and the lack of precipitation have Jalisco residents anxiously awaiting the onset of this year’s rainy season. University of Guadalajara meteorologists predict that the temporal de lluvias will commence by the middle of June.
Manix Restaurant Bar, an icon in Ajijic’s growing constellation of prime dining spots, will maintain regular customer service of its popular menu choices and occasional special events before closing its doors at the end of the year.
Boca Laguna, located on the eastern outskirts of Chapala, will be the venue for the 2023 IWWF World Under 21 Waterski Championships June 12 through 17.
In the latest shuffle of top officials at Chapala City Hall, José Luis Chávez Rivas was sworn in as the administration’s third head of Hacienda, the municipal treasury, during the June 6 session of the Cabildo (city council).
Crowds of well-wishers turned up at the Ajijic Museo de Arte (AMA) on Thursday, June 1 to join in festivities for the museum’s first anniversary and the birthday of founder Efrén González.
