MIT Is Checking Work on the Cuenca-Molleturo-El Empalme Road

The Cuenca-Molleturo-El Empalme road is getting another round of attention from the national transport side.

Officials and technicians from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) made a technical inspection of work underway on different sections of the road.

What Is Being Checked

The interventions are part of an integral rehabilitation contract signed in March 2026 for $21.8 million, with financing from the World Bank and technical coordination from MIT.

The current work points include:

• Km 101: material removal and slope stabilization.
• Km 92 and km 57: technical solutions are being evaluated to recover the road platform.
• Km 50 to km 100: provisional horizontal signage has been placed to reinforce road safety.
• Km 7 to km 15: duct replacement, drainage expansion, road-surface improvement and complementary signage are planned.
• Km 103: crews were checking slope stabilization and cleaning of gutters and channels.

MIT says definitive paint and preventive elements will be installed progressively in the coming days.

Why This Road Keeps Coming Up

This road matters because it is one of Cuenca's major connections toward the Coast. When it fails, travel, cargo, medical trips, airport plans and weekend movement all get harder.

The source says MIT is maintaining permanent follow-up for road safety.

What This Means If You Drive It

If you use the Cuenca-Molleturo-El Empalme route, expect work zones, temporary markings and sections where engineering crews are still evaluating solutions. The good news is that specific points are being checked. The less comforting part is that several of those points are familiar trouble spots.

For now, treat this as a road that requires patience. Daylight travel, conservative speed and checking road updates before leaving are still the better plan.