A little this & that from the media.
• Tulum International Airport: Mexico’s Next Airport Project https://simpleflying.com/mexico-tulum-international-airport/
• This narrow corridor of land could mean life or death for jaguars in Belize
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/25/americas/jaguars-belize-maya-forest-corridor-c2e-scn-spc-intl/index.html
• These Are The 18 Stops For The New Maya Train https://thecancunsun.com/these-are-the-18-stops-for-the-new-maya-train/?fbclid=IwAR1vyDyI3V_MRjB0hW135uiuwLVr6VA-1XBoL4H3lXAGgzP6bW3_o31VJrE
• Judge halts work on controversial Cancún-Tulum section of Maya Train
Temporary injunction cites risk of ‘irreversible’environmental damage
Published on Tuesday, April 19, 2022
A judge in Mérida, Yucatán, has issued a provisional suspension order against the construction of the Maya Train railroad between the Quintana Roo resort towns of Playa del Carmen and Tulum due to environmental concerns.
In response to a lawsuit filed by a civil society organization on behalf of three speleologists from Playa del Carmen, the judge ruled that all work on the southern portion of section 5 of the railroad must stop due to the “imminent risk” of “irreversible damage” to the Mayan jungle, caves, subterranean rivers and cenotes (natural sinkholes) and the absence of environmental studies and permits.
According to the newspaper El Universal, which obtained a copy of the ruling, Adrián Fernando Novelo Pérez ruled that work on the Quintana Roo section, which began in February, isn’t being carried out in accordance with standards that afford “the highest protection to the environment and water of the affected communities.”
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