The Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) has requested 65,595.6 million pesos to carry out the comprehensive rehabilitation, improvement, supplies, replacement, and modernization of the FA and K rail lines of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec Railroad (FIT).
According to the documents sent to its counterpart at the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP), it requires 20,918.5 million pesos for the works on the FA Line from Coatzacoalcos to Palenque, and the Roberto Ayala to Dos Bocas branch.”
In this stretch, actions will be taken on bridges, tracks, supply centers, earthworks, drainage works, yards, workshops, sidings, stations, and equipment.
It was pointed out that this aims to provide greater security, improve operational efficiency and travel times, increase the volume of net tons transported and operating income, as well as provide accessibility and mobility to the populations connected by this line.
“The FIT will be a viable option for passengers, trade, and industry in the region along the line, by offering the transfer of goods from the Gulf of Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean, safely and efficiently, in addition to contributing to connectivity and economic development in the south,” he said.
However, he noted that there are risks such as delays in the executive project, delays in the awarding of contracts, challenges, and abandonment of the work by the contractor, design of the route, among others.
Although he emphasized that currently there are construction engineers “capable of carrying out the project, and in the area, there is qualified labor according to the necessary activities, so it is not necessary to import labor of any kind, so there are no additional costs in this area.”
For Line K, the Navy requested 44,677 million pesos for works from Km 0+000 to Km 447+286, and 13 kilometers from Los Toros to Tapachula, which include bridges, tracks, supply centers, earthworks, drainage works, yards, workshops, sidings, stations, and equipment.
“To provide greater security, improve operational efficiency and travel times, increase the volume of net tons transported and operating income, as well as provide accessibility and mobility to the populations connected by this line,” he noted.
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