Monterey, NL. As a result of the meeting that Governor Samuel García Sepúlveda held with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador it was agreed that the federation will contribute 2,000 million pesos to accelerate the construction of the Libertad Dam and the concession of the suburban train was signed, in which 3,000 million will be applied by the federal government and will send elements of the National Guard to strengthen security .
“The commitment of the president and of a server is to try to finish next year (the Libertad Dam) to be able to capture the rainwater of the summer of 2023 and that we collect enough water for the city of Monterrey. This dam can give our state, the metropolitan area, up to two cubic meters per second,” said the president at a press conference.
He added that because the National Water Comission is the competent authority in the concession of water wells, the president instructed the director of With waterGermán Martínez to meet with the industrialists and next Tuesday, April 5, AMLO will meet with the industrialists of the state.
“It is going to help Nuevo León so that the industrial sector temporarily yields, from now until the summer rains arrive, wells for human use, that is, domestic use over agricultural use.”
Suburban train
On the other hand, “the president gave us the concession title for the suburban train during working hours, and it will be used as a freight train at night, it is similar to the Jalisco (project), where a similar train comes,” he noted.
“We reached an agreement to start the first phase of the suburban train, it is a mixed financial project, 3,000 million pesos that the federal government is going to put up, 3,000 million pesos that Nuevo León will put up, and 6,000 million pesos from the private initiative through a Public-Private Association, since the suburban train generates surplus value in those 102 kilometers of line”, emphasized García Sepúlveda.
The objective is that in this first phase the train leaves San Pedro Garza García and connects with line 4, with line 1, with Ecovía, as well as lines 2, 3, and even line 6, a route that will reach the Airport in Apodaca.
The second phase that has been contemplated to start in García to Apodaca, there are areas where it is not urgent, he assured, “from San Pedro to Apodaca there is enough return on investment,” said the governor.
He added that through National Infrastructure Fund (Fonadin) up to 500 million pesos may be available for studies, engineering, topography, the legal, financial issue of the aforementioned project.
Security
In terms of security, the Governor agreed with the President of the Republic to build seven National Guard barracks in the municipalities of Monterrey, Santa Catarina, San Pedro Garza García, Escobedo, Juárez, Aldama and Bravo, in addition to the military and cavalry corporation that is built in Cerralvo.
“This year at least 1,200 more soldiers will arrive in Nuevo León, in addition to intelligence, new patrols, to connect with the C4 with the C5, there will be 400 federal elements, we will arrive between 2,500 and 3,000; We are going to go from 5,000 elements in the Civil Force to 7,000 and Monterrey is going to double its police force,” assured the governor.