(b) Continue with the construction of the new airport in Texcoco and discontinue using the existing Mexico City International Airport.'Īpproximately 1 million people voted for the Mexico City International Airport (Mexico's population is roughly 131 million), and 311,132 participants voted for the Texcoco option and 748,335 voted for the refurbishment of the existing airport. (a) Recondition the existing airport and that in Toluca and build two runways at the Santa Lucía Air Force Base In the public voting process, an advisory council asked its citizens this question: 'Given the saturation at the Mexico City International Airport which option do you think is better for the country?', and there were two options to select, according to Mexico Daily News: Lopez Obrador had promised to cancel the project during his campaign, claiming that the New Mexico City International Airport (NAICM) was mismanaged and exposed to an excessive and wasteful spending. One-third of the $13.3 billion project has already been built at site and it was expected to open to the public in 2020. The four-day referandum was held to determine whether the construction of Mexico City airport would continue or not, even though the construction has been ongoing at the site since 2015. Foster+Partners and Fernando Romero Enterprise (FR-EE)-designed partly built Mexico City Airport has been cancelled, following a controversial four-day (25-28 October) public informal referendum, which was launched by President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador in August.

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