Alonso Urrutia
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La Jornada Newspaper
Monday, October 14, 2024, p. 12
Querétaro, Qro., On her first visit to opposition lands, President Claudia Sheinbaum gave the signal for the start of the studies that will make the so longed for
Mexico-Querétaro train that will begin construction next April, with its completion estimated in 36 months, said President Claudia Sheinbaum.
In parallel, in agreement with Governor Mauricio Kuri announced that the federal government will make investments in energy and hydraulic infrastructure.
Who is going to build it? The Felipe Ángeles Group of Engineers, which belongs to the Secretariat of National Defense. The military has shown us that they are first class, they help
said the president. He recalled that it is a work long awaited by the people of Queretaro (during the six-year term of Enrique Peña, its construction was planned, put out to tender and canceled by a Chinese firm). The current project includes two special tracks parallel to the route of the freight train that already operates.
The Secretary of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation, Jesús Esteva, offered the technical details: it will connect Mexico City with Querétaro with an intermediate station in San Juan del Río; will benefit 30 thousand people; there are 240 kilometers of track; will generate 490 thousand direct and indirect jobs; a journey of one hour and 40 minutes at a speed of 160 kilometers per hour is calculated; The two new tracks will use the existing right for the current freight train route.
Before thousands of people gathered in a sports unit, Sheinbaum explained that the Mexico-Querétaro train is part of a more ambitious project because from this city two large branches will be built, towards the northeast, to reach Nuevo Laredo, and towards the northwest, heading to Guadalajara and Nogales.
The congratulations and the treatment typical of political civility that Sheinbaum and Kuri gave each other had a relative correspondence between the PAN supporters (who took over the spaces closest to the event) and the president’s sympathizers. And the entry facilities granted to the governor’s followers were far from the complications of access to the Morenistas, perhaps that is why the cheers for the state president were more intense than the shouts of President! Chairwoman!
In this environment, Sheinbaum commented that before the public event she and the members of her cabinet who accompanied her had a private meeting with Kuri and her collaborators in the government palace, where they defined the priorities of the local government that require federal budget support. so they agreed on energy and hydraulic projects.
What is the objective? The actions that we will develop in the following years for the benefit of the inhabitants of Querétaro. We are talking about mobility, water, and energy works that benefit the state.
offered the President.
He also gave space in his speech to explain the reinforcement of social policy with new programs, among which the doctor in your home or the reduction of the age for pensions for older women stand out.
