Maya Train from Cancun to Tulum will have cable-stayed bridges

Mexico's president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, says that 70 percent of Section 5 of the Maya Train, which passes through cave-diving country, will be elevated by using cable-stayed bridges.

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Tren Maya is a 1,525km (948mi) system of new and revitalized railways designed to connect Caribbean tourist resorts, such as Cancun, with cities, cultural sites and lesser-known destinations inland. The new rail system will pass through the states of Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo—the main regions of the Yucatán Peninsula.

Dive community up in arms over Tren Maya railway project

The planned intercity railway, which will traverse the Yucatán Peninsula, is being routed through protected wildlife habitat and cave-diving country, threatening to cause permanent damage to the environment, Mayan villages, and archaeological sites, as well as the caves.

The underground water is the Yucatan's only source of fresh water
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The first time I went cave diving in Mexico's Yucatán was over 22 years ago. I will never forget how excited I got, swimming through these spectacular passages. I remember thinking this was as close to being on another planet as I would ever get.

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