Clara Brugada shows off elevated park to Morena lawmakers; park highlighted ahead of 2026 World Cup

Mexico City's Head of Government, Clara Brugada, presented the "Calzada Flotante," an innovative elevated park, to local Morena legislators, highlighting its transformative potential for urban public spaces. The park, situated above the busy Tlalpan Avenue, impressed visiting lawmakers with its design and amenities.

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We are touring the Linear Park, but did you know the impact of the lighting, I mean, where I am it looks like daytime. The lighting is impactful.

Legislators described the elevated garden as a "marvel," noting its nine fountains, seven pergolas, 15,000 square meters of reconstructed space, and extensive landscaping featuring 81,000 plants and 176 trees. The park's lighting was also praised for creating a daytime-like ambiance at night. Notably, the project incorporates sustainable practices, with planters for trees made from recycled materials like PET bottles and salvaged tarpaulins.

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Here above there is peace, tranquility, there are plants, there are spaces where many endemic species of the City are being planted, we find such beautiful and precious things as the containers where the trees are made with recycled material: all the tarpaulins, all the PET in the City, are today in these containers.

Brugada and the accompanying legislators framed the Calzada Flotante as a testament to "transformation governance," emphasizing its role in creating peaceful and accessible public spaces. They contrasted this with opposition criticism, asserting that the project demonstrates how to overcome obstacles and innovate. The park is intended to offer a serene environment with a focus on endemic plant species and is positioned as a lasting legacy for future generations, with its completion being expedited ahead of the 2026 World Cup.

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We would never have imagined that above Calzada de Tlalpan, above the Metro, there would be such precious things. That's why they are angry, that's why they don't like that the Head of Government, Clara Brugada, continues to advance and continues to create spaces; then, it seems important to me to say that this is how transformation governs, if they put an obstacle in our way, we will jump over it and continue creating, continue innovating, because what is here today will remain for our children and their children.