It is impossible to deliver works in July 2023, says the company

Julio Gutierrez

Newspaper La Jornada
Tuesday November 22, 2022, p. 4

Grupo México, owned by magnate Germán Larrea, maintained that the early termination of the construction contract for section 5 south of the Mayan Train – which will run from Playa del Carmen to Tulum – is due to the fact that there is a technical impossibility to conclude the project in 11 months and deliver it in July 2023, as requested by the public administration.

The early termination was due to the technical impossibility of carrying out the project in 11 months and delivering it in July 2023. A breach derived from new requested delivery dates was avoidedexposed the company in a statement.

In his conference yesterday, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador assured that it took him by surprise the litigation that this consortium has undertaken because, through the Ministry of the Interior, a solution to the dispute had been agreed.

Its owner is second, third place, one of the richest in the country. But until that there have been good relations. However, I don’t know now what led him to associate himself to mount the campaign against us.said the President yesterday.

For its part, Grupo México pointed out that it has carried out all the actions required by Fonatur to formalize the closing of that contract and proceed to the conciliation and payment of the work carried out.

At all times it has sought to favor the objectives of the federal government for the advancement of its project.

He explained that the seriousness and professionalism of the consortium led it to decline due to the complexity and haste imposed on the completion of the project. The consortium did not commit any breach during the term of the contract.

Grupo México also pointed out that All the actions aimed at closing the contract have been part of a legal and administrative procedure established based on the requirements of Fonatur, in a framework of dialogue and good faith. Federal government officials related to the project have been fully and opportunely informed of each action..

The consortium stated that has accepted the government’s proposal that the settlement derive from the analysis and conciliation that take place with the military engineers.

That is why he holds a absolute conviction that the settlement must be transparent, attached to the facts and legality.