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aims to transform the future of the entire Valley region, ...thriving cities can coexist with flourishing ecosystems. Excellent. We need a lot more of this. T

aims to transform the future of the entire Valley region, ...thriving cities can coexist with flourishing ecosystems. Excellent. We need a lot more of this. Then there is a section about the city sinking unevenly due to groundwater (aquifer) depletion, plus the city is prone to flooding due to hardscape -- pavement, etc. This goes hand in hand. Hardscape both promotes flooding and prevents groundwater recharge and for the same reason at the same time. They hope to remedy this (at least partially) with this project. He aims to restore nesting and overwintering grounds for more than 150 kinds of birds along a migratory corridor from Alaska down to South America. This would be the Pacific Flyway, an important migratory route for many birds. Planned rail development in Solano County, California is currently threatening critical habitat along this flyway with a planned stop that will sink into the marsh like Venice and never have much traffic (unless they decide to rubber stamp even more urban development in this sensitive wetland area to justify the rail stop). Birds need nesting and feeding grounds and safe spaces periodically all up and down this flyway.

ASalazarMX 4y ago
President López Obrador made it a personal mission to cancel the Texcoco (NAIM) airport, which was going to cost a billion dollars, but be first-class for a city that urgently needs better airport infrastructure. López Obrador cancelled with a public poll, sidestepping the INE, the electoral institute in charge of democratic polls, curiously the same institute he's trying to capture this year. The poll was called "Mexico decides", but only 1% of the registered electors voted, and the voting booths were disproportionately installed in territories favorable to López. The airport was cancelled as a result. The cancellation of the NAIM broke contracts which had to be paid, so it still cost the same as it had been constructed. López immediately switched construction to Santa Lucía (AIFA), a small military base incapable of supporting an international airport, gave profitable contracts to the army and his collaborators, and as of now, we have a toy airport which has cost 2-3 times what the NAIM would. This restoration project seems aimed to destroy what remains of the NAIM, in case the next president tries to recover it in 2024. I'm sure it will siphon a lot of money, just like the other presidential projects in progress.

ASalazarMX 4y ago

President López Obrador made it a personal mission to cancel the Texcoco (NAIM) airport, which was going to cost a billion dollars, but be first-class for a city that urgently needs better airport infrastructure. López Obrador cancelled with a public poll, sidestepping the INE, the electoral institute in charge of democratic polls, curiously the same institute he's trying to capture this year. The poll was called "Mexico decides", but only 1% of the registered electors voted, and the voting booths were disproportionately installed in territories favorable to López. The airport was cancelled as a result. The cancellation of the NAIM broke contracts which had to be paid, so it still cost the same as it had been constructed. López immediately switched construction to Santa Lucía (AIFA), a small military base incapable of supporting an international airport, gave profitable contracts to the army and his collaborators, and as of now, we have a toy airport which has cost 2-3 times what the NAIM would. This restoration project seems aimed to destroy what remains of the NAIM, in case the next president tries to recover it in 2024. I'm sure it will siphon a lot of money, just like the other presidential projects in progress.