Conagua Invests More Than MXN 80 Billion in 17 Strategic Projects

Efraín Morales López, Director General of the National Water Commission (Conagua), reported on investments totaling more than MXN 80 billion in 17 strategic projects during the current Administration:

  1. “Agua Saludable para la Laguna”
  2. Plan Oriente del Estado de México
  3. Comprehensive Plan for the Mexico City Metropolitan Area (ZMVM)
  4. Guadalupe Victoria II Aqueduct
  5. El Peaje – San José Aqueduct
  6. “Agua para Colima”
  7. “Agua para Campeche”
  8. Coatzacoalcos Aqueduct
  9. “Acapulco se Transforma Contigo”
  10. Flood Protection Works in Tabasco
  11. El Tunal II Dam
  12. El Novillo Dam
  13. Mujer Solteca Dam
  14. Rosarito Desalination Plant
  15. Sonora Comprehensive Plan
  16. Water for Zacatecas
  17. Water for Guanajuato

Source: Presidency of the Republic

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2,400 km of Passenger Railways to Be Built with MXN 750 Billion Investment

  • The Mexico City–Pachuca Train is 45% complete; the Mexico City–Querétaro Train, 31%; the Querétaro–Irapuato Train, 22%; the Saltillo–Nuevo Laredo Train, 10%; and the Maya Train freight line, 67%

President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo highlighted that 2,400 kilometers (km) of passenger railways will be built over the six-year term of her Administration, through an investment of MXN 750 billion. The projects will connect cities, have generated 60,000 direct jobs to date, and are driving economic development. She also reported that operations on the AIFA–Pachuca and Mexico City–Querétaro lines are expected to begin in 2027..

Source: Presidency of the Republic

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Historic Investment to Modernize Irrigation District in Zacatecas

A total of 7,710 hectares will be modernized through a historic investment of more than MXN 1.66 billion, of which MXN 500 million will come from federal funds and will be allocated in 2026 and 2027.

To contribute to the hydro-agricultural and social development of Zacatecas, this agreement, valid from 2026 to 2029, will help ensure water sustainability through the implementation of a comprehensive program to rehabilitate and modernize irrigation canals, gates, and other structures, as well as to implement on-farm irrigation modernization across the irrigation modules.

Source: Conagua

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CFE Develops Pioneering Green Hydrogen Project

Through the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), the project will enable the incorporation of new technologies to meet growing electricity demand in a region that, due to its geographic conditions, faces greater challenges in fuel supply.

The Oasis Project, the first of its kind in Mexico, will generate electricity from solar power, store it for use when needed, and incorporate green hydrogen as an alternative to gradually reduce the use of fossil fuels. It will have a capacity of 60 megawatts (MW) and a 20 MW energy storage system, strengthening CFE’s electricity supply in the region..

Source: CFE

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SICT Completes Construction of Amado Nervo Bridge

The Government of Mexico, through the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport (SICT), headed by Jesús Esteva Medina, announces the completion of construction of the Amado Nervo Bridge, which connects the municipalities of Bahía de Banderas in Nayarit and Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco.

A total of MXN 704 million was invested in this strategic infrastructure project, which generated 2,790 jobs during construction.

Source: SICT

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