In response to concerns from residents of the El Cerrito area regarding the construction of the Mexico City-Querétaro passenger train, the Secretary of Government of the state of Querétaro, Eric Gudiño Torres, confirmed that 26 homes will be affected by the project.
“We’re talking about approximately 26 homes that will be significantly impacted, because they had a street about three meters wide, and now it will be reduced to a narrow passageway,” he stated.
The state official affirmed that, according to the Mexican government, no homes will be demolished in the area of the Corregidora Norte overpass or in the traditional neighborhood of El Tepetate.
He indicated that the Querétaro State Government has been requesting federal assistance for the residents of that area for several months.
He specified that the state administration has already held meetings with residents and has contacted both the Ministry of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development (Sedatu) and the Agency for Trains and Integrated Public Transportation.
“In fact, the Sedatu liaison officer has already been present in the area and spoken with those affected by the street closures. We are waiting for the federal government to respond to this request from the residents,” Gudiño Torres stated.
With the progress of the Mexico City-Querétaro passenger train construction, residents of El Cerrito, El Tepetate, and the surrounding areas have begun to express their discontent with the scale of the federal government’s flagship rail project.
For several days, residents have displayed banners, signs, and posters outside their homes in protest against the expansion from two to four tracks, which would entail the simultaneous operation of passenger and freight trains.
“No to the street closure,” “Are we the sacrifice zone? There’s no room for four lanes here,” “Is the law applied in Querétaro… Only not here?”, are some of the slogans that residents have placed on the front of their homes.
Source: codigoqro
