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Ecatepec Mayor Delivers Water, Drainage, and Paving Projects to Long-Awaiting Residents
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Ecatepec Mayor Delivers Water, Drainage, and Paving Projects to Long-Awaiting Residents

From Clarín · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

At a glance

News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Ecatepec Mayor Azucena Cisneros Coss inaugurated repaved streets and new water and drainage systems in the Ejido de Santa María Tulpetlac neighborhood.
  • Residents had waited over 13 years for these essential services, which were introduced on Cerrada de Lirio and Cerrada de Laureles streets.
  • The mayor promised further paving, noting that 53 streets in the area are slated for improvements.

Ecatepec Mayor Azucena Cisneros Coss inaugurated the repaving of six streets with hydraulic concrete and the installation of new water and drainage networks in two others within the Ejido de Santa María Tulpetlac neighborhood. These improvements, part of the "Cimientos de Esperanza Mano a Mano" program, address long-standing needs for residents who had waited more than 13 years for basic services.

The mayor officially opened the new water and drainage networks on Cerrada de Lirio and Cerrada de Laureles streets, located near the Gran Canal. She pledged that these streets would soon be paved. Residents expressed gratitude for the fulfillment of promises made before she took office. Elvira López Méndez, a resident of Cerrada de Lirio, shared that her community lacked potable water and drainage since 2013, forcing them to rely on water trucks and septic tanks for 13 years.

Francisco Reyes Vázquez, director of the water utility Sapase, reported that 200 meters of water and drainage networks were installed, using two-inch and 30-centimeter diameter pipes, respectively. The project involved navigating a Pemex pipeline to connect the drainage system to the Gran Canal. Mayor Cisneros Coss also inaugurated the repaving of Crisantemo Sur, Jazmín, Girasol, Prolongación Cedro, Prolongación Ciprés, and Guadalajara streets in the same community.

Carlos Ramírez Brassetti, Ecatepec's Director of Public Works, stated that with these improvements, the neighborhood is nearing full pavement, with only a few of the total 53 streets remaining. The mayor also visited the recently paved Primera and Segunda Cerradas del Gran Canal in the Cuchilla de la Draga neighborhood. Victoria Méndez López, president of the Citizen Participation Council (Copaci) for that area, told Cisneros Coss that her community felt abandoned for 30 years and that she was the first official to address their needs.

estuvimos 30 años abandonados y usted es la única que ha volteado a vernos

— Victoria Méndez LópezTelling the mayor about the community's long period of neglect.
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Originally published by Clarín in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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