Dredging Today - Communications and Transport Minister Gerardo Ruiz Esparza announced a continuing logistics development strategy for the Port of Lazaro Cardenas. The work will service as an example in Mexico's port system.Infrastructure
El Paso Natural Gas to build pipeline to serve Mexico
Financial Post - El Paso Natural Gas, owned by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners and Kinder Morgan, has entered into a 25-year transportation precedent agreement in connection with plans to build a new pipeline to serve customers in Mexico.
Peoples tribunal fights El Zapatillo dam
IPS - Residents of small towns Temacapulín, Acasico and Palmarejo in Jalisco have condemned the Mexican government and demanded cancellation of El Zapotillo hydoelectric dam complex nearby.
APM investing $2 billion in Lazaro Cardenas port
Fresh Plaza - Netherlands-based APM Terminals plans to invest $2 billion to expand the containers terminal of the Mexican Pacific port of Lazaro Cardenas, a project that will create 3,000 direct jobs, officials said.
U.S., Mexico near to Colorado water-sharing pact
Circle of Blue - The United States and Mexico are nearing an agreement on water-sharing rights for the Colorado River south of the U.S.-Mexico border. The talks remain delicate as final documents are reviewed by 15 water agencies and state officials.
www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2012/the-stream/u-s-mexico-near-water-sharing-agreement-on-border/
America Movil launches LTE service in Mexico
Total Telecom - Telecommunications heavyweight America Movil, Mexico's largest wireless service provider, has launched its fourth-generation mobile service in Mexico, with plans to expand the service to two-thirds of the country by early next year.
ICA wins tollway project with $202 million payment
Bloomberg - Empresas ICA, Mexico’s largest construction company, won a concession to build and operate a tollway in Queretaro and Guanajuato states with an initial payment of 2.63 billion pesos ($202 million) to the government.
www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-05/ica-wins-mexico-tollway-project-on-202-million-payment.html
TransCanada wins second pipeline contract
Reuters - TransCanada Corp. said its Mexican unit was awarded a $400 million contract from Mexico's federal power company to build the El Oro to Mazatlan pipeline. The latest contract is an addition to the $1 billion contractTransCanada won last week.
www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/05/transcanada-mexico-idUSL3E8M54HH20121105
Busy Tijuana-San Diego crossing gets makeover
AP - A rerouting of tens of thousands of vehicles a day began Thursday without a hitch at the busiest crossing on the U.S.-Mexico border as part of an expansion that aims to keep lines manageable while allowing heightened inspections.
www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_21908916/busy-u-s-mexico-border-crossing-gets-makeover
Mexico City opens new subway line to poor areas
McClatchy - For hundreds of thousands of Mexico City residents, daily life grew less arduous and less expensive Tuesday with the inauguration of a new subway line that reaches deep into poor districts of one of the world’s biggest metropolises.
New border crossing lanes to Tijuana open Thursday
UT San Diego - Starting at 6 a.m. Thursday, Mexico’s federal government plans to route all San Ysidro southbound traffic into Tijuana through the newly constructed El Chaparral facility located west of the current lanes at Puerta Mexico.
www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/oct/30/mexicos-el-chaparral-crossing-opens-thursday/
