Mexicans will vote Oct. 25 to decide the fate of the new Mexico International Airport (NAIM) project, which has come under fire from the country’s president-elect over construction costs and environmental impacts.
Just over one million people—2% of the country’s population—are expected to vote during the four-day referendum in 1,000 voting stations set up in town squares across the country.
The vote will determine the future of the partially built airport at Texcoco, roughly 25 miles northeast of Mexico City. Voters will be asked to decide whether to continue that construction, or to nix it and instead build new runways at the Santa Lucia (NLU) military base, in addition to expanding the existing Mexico City airport (MEX), as well as the Toluca International Airport (TLC).
The new airport, which is about 30% complete, would replace the Mexico City International Airport, aiming to serve about 120 million travelers annually…
