Mexico City. The public administration requested 65 billion pesos to complete the construction of the Mayan Train and the Interoceanic Train, two of the flagship projects that Claudia Sheinbaum inherits from the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, demonstrates the Economic Package for 2025 that was presented this Friday .
In the General Criteria of Economic Policy, the new administration requested from the union congress 40 billion for the Mayan Train and 25 billion pesos for the Interoceanic Train, projects that are located in the southeast of the country.
The amount requested for the Mayan Train in the 2024 Economic Package, López Obrador’s flagship work that is in its completion phase, was 120 billion pesos, so the new figure is 66 percent lower.
For its part, a year ago the administration requested 21.59 million pesos for the Interoceanic project, which implies that the new figure is 18.7 percent higher.
The Criteria establish a total of 10 priority projects during the first year of Sheinbaum’s government, in addition to the two mentioned, there is the Mexico-Querétaro Train, the AIFA-Pachuca Train, the Saltillo-Nuevo Laredo Train, the Querétaro-Irapuato Train, the Interurban Train and the Dairy-AIFA Train.
The remaining two are the Projects to build and preserve the Conagua hydraulic works and the priority projects for the construction and maintenance of communication and transportation roads of the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT).
Of the 10 new priority projects presented in the Economic Package for 2025, five were in the last one that was presented by the López Obrador administration: the Mayan Train, the Interoceanic Corridor, the Conagua and SICT projects, and the expansion of the Train Dairy-Aifa.
Requested amounts
For the Conagua projects, the Sheinbaum government requested 20 billion pesos, a figure 49 percent lower than the 39,475 million pesos requested in the 2024 Economic Package.
Regarding the SICT projects, the new administration requested 20 billion pesos, an amount 43 percent lower when compared to the 35,133 million that were requested last year by the Treasury.
And for the expansion of the Dairy-AIFA Train, the Sheinbaum government requested two billion pesos, an amount 33 percent compared to the three billion requested a year ago.
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What are the main environmental concerns associated with the Mayan and Interoceanic Train projects and how is the new administration addressing them?
1. As the new administration takes over, what are their plans and strategies for continuing with the construction of the Mayan and Interoceanic Trains?
2. How important are these two projects for the development and growth of Mexico’s infrastructure, and what impact do you see them having on the economy in the long run?
3. Considering the significant decrease in requested funds for the Mayan Train, does this signal a shift in priorities or a realignment of financial resources towards other projects?
4. What challenges does the new administration face in ensuring the timely and successful completion of these flagship projects, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic?
5. With the new requested amounts for the Interoceanic Train being higher than the previous year, how do you envision the progress and implementation of this project over the next few years?
6. Aside from the Mayan and Interoceanic Trains, which other infrastructure projects does the new administration deem as priorities, and why?
7. How will the new administration balance the need for economic growth and development with environmental sustainability concerns related to these projects?
8. With the variations in budget requests from one administration to the next, how can we ensure transparency and accountability in the utilization of public funds for these major investments?
9. Can you discuss the potential implications of these projects on regional development and socio-economic inequality within Mexico, particularly for the communities they are meant to serve?
10. Lastly, how do you see the public-private partnership model for funding and executing these projects, and what changes (if any) would you like to see in this regard?
