Mexico cutting motorway budget

Mexico is cutting its planned motorway construction budget. The country's Secretariat for Transport and Communications (SCT) has said the budget will be cut by US$268.8 million, a reduction of 17% from the figure planned originally. The 130 different projects that were to have been carried out under the original budget will still be built, but a number may be delayed. Road construction has been a key priority for this government in Mexico. In all some 46 new motorways will have been constructed by the prese
February 23, 2015 Read time: 1 min
RSSMexico is cutting its planned motorway construction budget. The country's Secretariat for Transport and Communications (3067 SCT) has said the budget will be cut by US$268.8 million, a reduction of 17% from the figure planned originally. The 130 different projects that were to have been carried out under the original budget will still be built, but a number may be delayed. Road construction has been a key priority for this government in Mexico. In all some 46 new motorways will have been constructed by the present administration by the time it completes its period in office in Mexico.
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