Feb 13, 2023 · Today, Lake Texcoco has lost more than 95% of its historic expanse. It faced extinction when the $13 billion Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México (NAICM) began construction in...

Nov 20, 2021 · According to the Government, canceling the Texcoco Airport is saving up to 500 billion pesos (nearly US$24 billion). Following the cancelation , the plan has been to let nature take over and transform the once-future airport into a giant park.

Jan 12, 2025 · As such, a new airport for Mexico City built on the dried-up bed of what used to be Lake Texcoco was proposed to replace Benito Juárez, offering a modern hub for the capital of Mexico on a site that, while partially surrounded, would have room to expand.

Aug 20, 2024 · Architect Iñaki Echeverria has completed the first phases of an eco-park three times the size of Manhattan in Mexico City, using some of the infrastructure of the cancelled Foster +...

Mexico City Texcoco Airport was a planned airport in Mexico City that was meant to become Mexico's New International Airport (Spanish: Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de México — NAICM or NAIM).

Mar 24, 2022 · The government decided to turn the area of the former Texcoco Airport again into a lake. Since the cancelation, the site has been flooded, and the new decree states that the urbanization of the area will not be approved.

Aug 21, 2024 · Architect Iñaki Echeverria has completed the first phases of an eco-park three times the size of Manhattan in Mexico City, using some of the infrastructure of the cancelled Foster + Partners-designed airport. Named the Lake Texcoco Ecological Park, the project entailed the regeneration and building of public infrastructure on a massive wetland ...

The Lake Texcoco Ecological Park, officially called Parque Ecológico Lago de Texcoco (PELT), [1] is a national park in the State of Mexico, and a federal government project.It is part of the larger metropolitan area in the Valley of Mexico, around Mexico City. [2]The planned area for the park is 14,000 ha (35,000 acres), [3] of which 4,800 ha (12,000 acres) will be public spaces. [2]

Jul 23, 2024 · The Lake Texcoco Ecological Park (PELT) — located on and around the site of the canceled Mexico City airport project — will open next month, according to the park’s director.

Aug 28, 2020 · Artist's conception of the Lake Texcoco park. A huge ecological park to be developed on and around the site of the abandoned Mexico City airport project will cost just over 17.7 billion...