AMLO has increased land appropriations across the Yucatan Peninsula for the Tren Maya megaproject, including 57 square kilometers of land designated for the Secretariat of Defense’s unspecified use
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Mexico’s controversial Tren Maya megaproject has been hit with additional suspensions to its construction, adding further roadblocks to the railway’s haphazard development
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More than 60 percent of the road will be an elevated viaduct to protect the karstic soil, cenotes, caverns and underground rivers in the area
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While Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial Tren Maya megaproject has been no stranger to judicial amparos and legal delays across the course of its multi-year construction, a Mérida judge’s recent amparo on the Yucatán Peninsula railroad will now see the development of the project’s Section 5 ground to a halt
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By KELIN DILLON According to reports from operators working on the construction of Mexico’s controversial public megaproject the Tren Maya – documents which were leaked to the public by hacktivist group Guacamaya – the project is facing multiple supply and permitting delays that could push the Tren Maya’s completion far beyond its estimated December 2023 delivery date. These issues join
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By KELIN DILLON While work on the fifth section of Mexico’s controversial Tren Maya project was purportedly suspended by a Mexican federal judge last April after the project failed to acquire proper Environmental Impact Statements (MIA) ahead of its construction, building on the Tren Maya’s fifth section has reportedly continued on in spite of the judge’s ruling – and with
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