Mexico's New Airport On A Soggy Lakebed

Despite concerns by planners, Mexico is proceeding with a plan to build it's new central international airport in a swamp.

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October 26, 2001, 11:00 AM PDT

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"It's absurd to construct an airport (in Texcoco), because among other things it would exacerbate uncontrolled urban sprawl in an area that doesn't have water or infrastructure," Lopez Obrador was quoted as saying by the government news agency Notimex. Other city officials said the Texcoco airport would pave an area that is crucial to regulating floodwaters in the city and would conflict with migrating birds that stop at the salty, polluted waters of nearby lakes."

Thanks to Grist Magazine

FULL STORY: Mexican officials choose soggy former lake bed for new international airport

Monday, October 22, 2001 in The San Francisco Chronicle

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