Judge suspends Santa Lucia Airport construction works in Mexico City
The magistrate said that the measure is applicable until current injunction procceedings are resolved, which is why the start of works have been delayed again. The new airport project is envisioned as a solution to the problem of the tremensously saturated Benito Juarez International Airport.
Juan Carlos Guzman Rosas, Fifth District Judge in Administrative Matters in Mexico City, granted two suspensions to stop the works at the air base.
The judge’s ruling also orders the government of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to continue works on the New International Airport for Mexico City (NAIM), which have been halted since Lopez took office on December 1, 2018.
Santa Lucía Militar Base is about 40 miles north of downtown Mexico City. (INEGI)
On Monday August 12th, the Sixth Collegiate Court in Administrative Matters issued a likewise ruling.
Following this ruling, the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador must keep the works of the NAIM in its current state, a measure that will remain in effect until the judge reviews whether the cancellation of that construction was decreed according to Law.
