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Mexico Gets Ready for a 'Sustainable' $9 Billion Mega-Airport

Rendering for the new Mexico City international airportCourtesy Foster and Partners
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Building an international airport can be a fraught undertaking. Botch the planning and squander billions, as happened in Berlin, and the mayor can wind up stepping down. Let’s hope things go better in Mexico City, where work will soon begin on a $9.2 billion international airport billed as one of the world’s biggest and “most sustainable.”

Rendering for the new Mexico City international airportCourtesy Foster and Partners