Six years are not enough to complete major infrastructure works: Peña

TOLUCA, Edomex. (approves) .- Nearly one month before the end of his term, President Enrique Peña Nieto emphasized the importance of the continuity of the work of his administration which represents a long-term benefit for the population, because "six years are not enough to conclude these major works of infrastructure".

Cuautitlan Izcalli, accompanied by Governor Alfredo del Mazo, has launched an appeal to deliver the Channel Tunnel and the Remedios River flood, as well as to oversee the latest work towards the commissioning of the transmitter tunnel Poniente II, first step.

At the beginning of the administration, he recalled that the construction of the East East Emisor Tunnel had progressed 38.8% over more than 60 km. it is currently 93.4% and it is likely that the next government will have to conclude it.

"It also shows the enormous importance of the continuity that must exist, especially for the works of great infrastructure transsexual", he justified, without referring specifically to the NAIM or the inter-city train Mexico-Toluca, by example.

These three works, which required an investment of 6,600 million pesos, assured Peña Nieto, are commitments "of great depth" for the inhabitants of the valley of Mexico and will improve the operation of the drainage system by increasing the capacity of Expulsion of black water and rainwater reach 144 cubic meters more per second to the benefit of more than 6 million inhabitants.

Del Mazo Maza said that "since he was governor, President Peña Nieto had a vision of making infrastructure an engine of economic growth, but also a powerful way to improve the quality family life ".

Unlike highways, he said, hydropower infrastructure is not perceptible, but it is of great importance.

The Emisor Poniente tunnel, he said, will solve the flood problems in the municipalities of Cuautitlán Izcalli, Tlalnepantla and Atizapán de Zaragoza for the next 50 years.

The packaging of the Rio de los Remedios will improve sanitation and sanitation conditions and reduce the risk of flooding in Ecatepec and Nezahualcóyotl, while the general canal will increase the ability to capture the waters Rainforest Valle de Chalco and Ixtapaluca.

"Mr. President, the work you are inaugurating today will protect the integrity of Mexicans and the heritage of their families," he said.