President Andrés Manuel López Obrador stated that he is not exaggerating if he assures that there is no work of this size in the world, that it has been built in a “record time” of five years.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador described December 15 as “a truly historic day” for the inauguration of the first section of the Mayan Train, which will run from Campeche, Campeche, to Cancún, Quintana Roo.
At the facilities of the San Francisco station in the capital of Campechana and accompanied by Governor Layda Sansores; by General Luis Cresencio Sandoval, Secretary of National Defense (Sedena), as well as by representatives of the construction companies, the head of the federal Executive affirmed that he is not exaggerating if he assures that there is no work of this size in the world and that has been built in a “record time” of five years.
“It is a magnum opus, we are not exaggerating if we say that there is no such work in the world today and it was also achieved in record time. These works generally transcend governments, they last more than a decade, 10 years and in five years in general and less if we take into account when the construction really began, this great work has been completed, which is a reality due to engineering. civil, with railway engineering, but of course, and above all, by construction workers.”
President López Obrador highlighted that nearly 100,000 construction workers from all over the country were hired in this work and assured that this first stage of the Mayan Train may be inaugurated under the responsibility of the construction companies –Carso, Mota Engil, Indi, ICA and Alstom – which finished on time and on budget.
López Obrador also highlighted that the Mayan Train trains are being manufactured in Mexico, which were made by the company Alstom, in Ciudad Sahagún, Hidalgo.
Finally, the Mexican president pointed out the work done by the military engineers in the construction of this work, and thanked the support of all the authorities of the states of Tabasco, Chiapas, Campeche, Quintana Roo and Yucatán.
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