|
|
|
 News Around the Republic of Mexico | May 2008 
“The Majority of Mexicans Want a United Mexico”
 Presidencia de la República
go to original
 |  | Nowadays, the vast majority of Mexicans want governments to work together and governors to work together and overcome our differences in order to produce public works for the benefit of Mexicans.
- President Felipe Calderón |  | | | |
Mexico City - President Felipe Calderón declared that the majority of Mexicans want a strong, united Mexico, capable of forging its own destiny efficiently.
“Nowadays, the vast majority of Mexicans want governments to work together and governors to work together and overcome our differences in order to produce public works for the benefit of Mexicans.”
During the implementation of Line One of the Suburban train, which runs from Buenavista to Cuautitlán, Izcalli in the state of Mexico, the President stated that when people join forces and wills when there is a capacity to unite rather than divide, when people build rather than destroy, when they add rather than subtract, when wills and efforts are combined, then works are produced and results obtained.
He added that it is time to act rather than avoid responsibilities and to make decisions, transforming laws, institutions and public life.
Calderón Hinojosa said that from the first day onwards, his government has been committed to improving the quality of life of the inhabitants of the Valley of Mexico and that in this case, the suburban train is a key project that will solve transport and environmental problems.
During the first display run, the President bought a rechargeable ticker for the suburban train and drove part of the way.
This transport system will benefit over 4,800,000 families in the municipalities of Cuautitlán Izcalli, Cuautitlán Mexico, Tultitlán and Tlalnepantla, as well as the boroughs of Cuauhtémoc and Azcapotzcalco in the Federal District.
The president also announced that during this administration, nearly 100 kilometers of suburban railway track will be built in the country, meaning that in six years’ time, it will be half the length of the Mexico City metro, which has been built over the past 40 years.
The suburban train will provide free service for passengers in May and begin charging $5.50 pesos for short journeys and $12.50 pesos for long journeys in June.
The event was attended by Governor of Mexico State, Enrique Peña Nieto, Secretary of Communications and Transport, Luis Téllez Kuenzler, President of Grupo CAF, José María Bastarica and Víctor Flores, Secretary General of the Mexican Union of Railroad Workers, among others. |
| |
|
Vallarta Weddings
Tell a Friend
Site Map
Print this Page
Email Us