“The decision taken by the citizens is democratic, rational and efficient,” Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said after 70 per cent voted against the plan. MEXICO’S president-elect says he will respect the result of a referendum that rejected a partly built new airport for Mexico City, effectively ending the $18.35 billion project. IN A bizarre move, a hugely expensive airport project has been abandoned - even though it’s more than halfway built. Mexico has just decided to scrap a $18 billion airport project that’s already half completed Cancelling the Texcoco airport would save Mexicans, allegedly, about $7 billion. The existing city airport was built in the 1940s and is considered to be working at near capacity it would have been closed had Texcoco been built. However, the president-elect wants to add 2 commercial runways to a military air base in the town of Santa Lucia, about 45km from Mexico City, involving journeys from the existing airport for transfers etc. Critics of the cancellation had said it might affect investor confidence in Mexico. Much environmental damage has already been done. It is unclear what will be done with the enormous foundations already built on the site, a former lake bed known as Texcoco. The vote has been criticised in part as only about one of every 90 registered Mexican voters participated.
Organisers of the referendum reported just over one million people voted.
It had been mired in over-spending and corruption, and was started with what critics said was little real environmental study by current President, who leaves office on December 1st. Mexico’s president-elect says he will respect the result of a referendum that rejected (70%) a partly built new airport, effectively ending the $18.35 billion project. Mexico has just decided to scrap huge airport project, already half built, due to corruption, over-spending etcĪ hugely expensive airport project in Mexico City has been abandoned, more than halfway built.
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