translated from Spanish: AMLO equipment foreseen for January consultation for the Maya train

consultation for the construction of the Maya railway, proposed by the President-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, would take place at the end of January, said Rogelio Jiménez Pons, next Director of the National Fund for promotion of tourism (Fonatur).
In an interview, Jiménez Pons, relied on it soon give them final reports of first budgetary allocations for the Maya railway. Meanwhile, for the first stage of this project is budgeted already an investment of 6 billion pesos.
He added that in addition to the 6 billion pesos, as advance work will be requesting additional resources for the completion. So that the total investment for the Maya train would be 120 billion to 150 billion pesos.
It will be through technology, institutions and universities – including the UNAM and IPN UAM – who settle a stand of any kind so the Maya train to develop properly.
He added that soon they will have to launch first tenders on the Executive project, the first induced works and first sections of the Maya railway.
The consultation for this project will be similar to that held on the airport, although so far it does not know who organized it; meetings have been taken in some areas of the region as Calakmul.
Rogelio Jiménez said that in the case of the query could be in late January that it would give time to disclose it.
The inquiry, he added, will be similar to which was carried out on the airport, and although so far does not know who organized it; It reiterates that the transition team has already had meetings in some areas of the region as Calakmul.
In late October the team of President-elect said that they will seek the communities to carry out the project of the Mayan train, however, they clarified, they won’t have a consultation at national level, through voting.
At that time, Rogelio Jiménez Pons said that the construction of the Maya train does not require a query citizen nationally, saying that it is backed by the 30 million votes that Lopez Obrador got in the last elections. This consultation will at the local level so that indigenous communities accept the project.

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