The new airport is reported to come with a price tag of 10 billion pesos, roughly US$500 million.Īs is also the case with the construction of Yucatán’s controversial “ Estadio Sustentable,” work at the new airport has not even officially begun. The community of Poxilá is also the hometown of José Antonio Loret de Mola Gómory, one of Yucatán’s most prominent businessmen and developers.Īs it happens, Loret de Mola Gómory owns a good deal of property and developments in the area and is heavily invested in the construction of the new airport, according to Diario de Yucatán The new airport in Poxilá will be well outside of Mérida’s city limits. On the other hand, the site of the new airport is 22 miles south in a remote area of Umán called Poxilá, where an investor allegedly holds large swaths of land, according to Diario de Yucatán. Mérida’s existing airport is four miles from downtown. Nobody wants this airport but it’s being shoved down our throats anyway,” said Mérida resident Emmanuel Gallardo, commenting on Facebook. “The whole situation reeks of corruption. Though no scientific polls regarding the popularity of the new airport project have been carried out, online comments supporting its construction are virtually impossible to find. The project is apparently unpopular with people in Mérida, in part because the new airport would be less convenient to reach, further from city limits. Most media outlets are reporting as a fact that the new airport will be built in Umán, but there are reasons to doubt the project will actually happen. The idea of building a new airport to serve Mérida has been around for a long time. Photo: Carlos Rosado van der Gracht / Yucatán Magazine People in Yucatán are extremely skeptical about plans for a new airport in Umán, and with good reason.
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