New blow for Santa Lucia airport: judge suspends project on environmental grounds

A judge overruled the environmental approval for the Santa Lucía airport that was granted by the federal Environment Secretariat (Semarnat) in July. The México state district judge issued a suspension order against Semarnat’s authorization, a ruling that is yet another blow to the government’s plan to build a new airport on the site of the […]

Santa Lucía airport ruling also orders abandoned project be left intact

A federal court yesterday issued a new provisional suspension order against the new Santa Lucía airport that also instructs federal authorities not to make any changes to the site of the abandoned Mexico City airport project. The court order came in response to injunction requests filed by the #NoMásDerroches (No More Waste) collective, made up […]