Mexico to Test $13 Billion Airport Plan With Vote, Opinion Polls
- In-person survey, voting to take place last week of October
- Future chief of staff says hub project to continue as planned
Workers pass in front of a terminal under construction at the New International Airport of Mexico City in Texcoco, Mexico, on April 13, 2018.
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Advisers to Mexico’s next president are starting to share a few details on this month’s public consultation on whether to proceed with the construction of a $13 billion airport for the nation’s capital.
The unorthodox process will be carried out in two ways: a national face-to-face survey and a vote, Jesus Ramirez, spokesman for incoming president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, said in a radio interview with Radio Formula on Wednesday. Both will be funded by the transition team’s budget, Ramirez said, without providing cost estimates.