The elaboration of accesses, the construction of provisional works, the dismantling and the felling will directly affect the physical integrity of the cenotes, says the 86-page document.
The Manifestation also points out damage to the soil stability due to the compaction of the soil due to the passage of machinery, in addition to other consequences for the soil due to the inadequate generation, handling, storage and disposal of solid, liquid, special handling and dangerous waste.
Water, flora and fauna
Section 5 of the Mayan Train, which has been under controversy since artists, actors and activists asked the federal government to stop its construction, will affect the physical and chemical characteristics of temporary bodies of water; the drainage pattern will be modified by the movement of the earth; The infiltration will be modified by the change of soil, the removal of vegetation and the removal of the superficial layer; the local flow will be altered; compaction processes will change due to site permeability; the removal of vegetation will also cause the reduction of evapotranspiration.
The flora of the region will also be impacted by the loss of plant cover, in addition to the impact of species in some risk category of NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010.
The passage of machinery will affect individuals of wildlife, also some included in NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010.
Risks are classified by Mexican authorities as moderate adverse, severe adverse, critical adverse, irrelevant, moderate beneficial, etc.
limited damage
The Manifestation also concludes that the above factors will cause impacts of “limited magnitude and mainly of a temporary nature during the stages of site preparation and construction of the project, and that they can be mitigated with the adequate implementation of the measures of mitigation presented”.
“The project, together with the fulfillment of the specific environmental measures and programs, will play a role as organizer of the territory, generating an alternative within the framework of regional socioeconomic development and inter-urban mobility of the Playa del Carmen-Tulum region,” it was stated. Add.
