Foster + Partners' new airport for Mexico City has been cancelled midway through construction, following a public referendum that resulted in a majority vote against the project.
Mexico's president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that he will respect the outcome of the referendum, which saw 70 per cent of participants vote in favour of scrapping the partially built New Mexico City International Airport.
"The decision taken by the citizens is democratic, rational and efficient," López Obrador announced yesterday, 29 October 2018. "The people decided." Public vote is binding
Despite the fact the airport has been under construction since 2015, a proposal to cancel the project had formed a key component of López Obrador's presidential campaign earlier this year. He was critical of overspending, corruption and environmental concerns surrounding the construction.
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