Promises on rails or more of the same?
Claudia Sheinbaum announced that passenger trains will finally arrive in Guanajuato. The Irapuato-León and León-Guadalajara sections will begin, according to her, between May and June. The task will fall to the military engineers of the “Felipe Ángeles” group.
“We are already in Querétaro-Irapuato and in the middle of this year work will begin for Irapuato-León… So the trains will arrive to Guanajuato very soon,” he pointed out.
Sounds good, right? But one can’t help but wonder: where have we heard these deadlines before? Andrés Lajous, from ATTRAPI, explained that the basic engineering for these sections… is in process. That is, they haven’t started yet.
A menu of works with a catchy name
Meanwhile, the Secretary of Infrastructure, Jesús Antonio Esteva, presented the other main course: the MegaBachetón 2026. A name that seems taken from a reality show, not a serious plan.
The promise is to pave 377 km, repair 1,000 15 km of potholes, and place signs on more than 2,000 km. In addition, he talks about a high school in León that opens today and another in Celaya that would begin in April.
The most curious thing is the “artisan roads”: 38 km for 43 communities between 2026 and 2027. The assemblies for that would begin… in March. Another future date to write down on the waiting calendar.
Memory is fragile, but files are not. One looks back and finds similar infrastructure announcements made with great fanfare in past administrations. The uncomfortable question that no one asks in the morning is simple: how will this time be different?
The numbers sound impressive. The plans are ambitious. But the real work begins when the machines break the ground, not when the microphones go off. Guanajuato deserves fewer speeches and more results. We’ll see.
