Mexican officials provided an update this week, saying the massive Maya Train construction project was still scheduled to debut to the public in December.

According to the Riviera Maya News, Tren Maya General Director Oscar David Lozano Aguila said the railway construction was progressing ¡°as planned¡± and that the Peninsula portion of the mega project would be inaugurated ¡°without setbacks.¡±

Lozano Aguila provided a short update, saying that Section 5 north from Cancun to Playa del Carmen registers a physical progress of 43.2 percent, while progress on Section 6 from Tulum to Chetumal was reported at 44.1 percent.

As for Section 7, the Chetumal to Escarcega run was at 44.1 percent completion.?

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador also revealed that progress is being made on purchasing and delivering the freight trains and passenger convoys for Tren Maya.?

¡°In the case of the Maya Train, all passenger trains, even the purchase of cargo trains is about to be put out to tender, but the passenger trains are all already contracted with Alstom, who is making all the trains in Ciudad Sahagun, in Hidalgo,¡± President Lopez Obrador said.

Earlier this year, Tulum Mayor Diego Castanon announced the region¡¯s archaeological zone received a significant investment from the Mexican government for infrastructural improvements to be made and maintained at the site.

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