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Wandering_Mobiler OP t1_irsstsk wrote

"The city of Monterrey will initiate its green corridors plan with the Parque Lago project in the northern part of the metropolis, informed the municipality's Parks and Green Corridors System.

The plan seeks to integrate a solution that combats the climate emergency, as well as the inequalities produced by the lack of green urban infrastructure.

The Parks and Green Corridors System has 18 other park projects, totaling 94 hectares of rehabilitated parks and more than 73 kilometers of complete streets with extreme tree planting.

These projects are expected to add more than 20,000 native trees to the municipal tree inventory.

This is the first major project of the Green Agreement for Monterrey. The objective of the Parque Lago project is to generate a quality public space that functions as a detonator of urban, environmental, social and economic improvement, considering integrating activities to attract more diverse users, rehabilitating pre-existing hydrological resources and improving the infrastructure and equipment of the park in conjunction with its respective green corridor connection," said Laura Ballesteros Mancilla, secretary of Sustainable Urban Development.

The Lake Park project consists of 8 hectares of green public space and its specific objectives are to generate environmental services such as water and carbon capture, as well as to combat extreme heat in the area, in addition to improving access to green and recreational areas for the surrounding population and the municipality.

The project is expected to include more than 800 new native trees and directly benefit a population of 120,000 inhabitants. This is also one of the first actions of the City's Extreme Heat Office.

For this first stage of construction of Parque Lago, Zone 1 will be developed, where there will be areas for early childhood with high quality games and furniture, contemplation areas with rest furniture, and areas equipped with picnic and chess tables. Work on the first stage will be completed during the first week of November.

The next stage to be built, currently under bidding, is Zone 2, which includes a multipurpose court, basketball courts, a children's court, a pentathlon area, an outdoor gymnasium and other programs under review such as a skate park and a dog park."

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Mobius_Peverell t1_irt4doj wrote

From the perspective of an outsider who doesn't speak Spanish, Monterrey really seems to be setting a high bar for government effectiveness. That metro system is a tremendous accomplishment.

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epelle9 t1_irt5ioi wrote

Then you realize we only started doing this when we started seeing heavy draughts, so next year we won’t have water to water them.

And that we still allow corporations to pollute as much as they want.

Its definitely one of the best governed and most efficient cities in Mexico, but that isn’t saying much..

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A_R_K_S t1_irtf6tr wrote

More like “then you realize this plan is an exact copy of one part of a massive plan provided to multiple subnational & national governments by the UNCCC”. This is exactly what so many cities across America are doing & they’re all centered around the years 2030, 2035 & 2050.

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sc4s2cg t1_iruovwv wrote

That sounds pretty awesome

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IslandDoggo t1_iruxrc8 wrote

America caused this grief for the globe with their greed it is the least they can do really

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sc4s2cg t1_irvoofw wrote

Oh. I assumed by America they were referring to the two continents.

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doublehelixman t1_irtbtnl wrote

Yup, came here to say that this was probably in response to their terrible draught this summer.

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Deceptichum t1_irv36j9 wrote

Wouldn’t them doing this be a good thing by improving ground water gain through green spaces?

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Tobar_the_Gypsy t1_irvqx3c wrote

Doesn’t planting trees help prevent droughts though?

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PsiVolt t1_irw13vx wrote

maybe

but planting new trees that require lots of water to grow... during a drought... that doesn't add up

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dovahart t1_irum811 wrote

Lmao, commented almost the same. Corporations suck, and this is from an MBA lmao

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dovahart t1_irum4bl wrote

It has its ups and downs.

Monterrey’s population lacks water because of industrial operations, to the point they have enough water to shower twice a week (depends on zone). Income disparity is insane, as well, and the richer zones have better services and utilities. On the other hand, it’s a quite rich zone with lots of innovation and industry clusters.

In other words: sucks for you if you are poor lol

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j_rge_alv t1_irw3s1b wrote

San petrinos use more water combined than the rest of the city yet they didn’t experienced cuts as often.

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vacacow1 t1_irw79a0 wrote

Well Monterrey is usually fighting for the top spot in pollution, because of lack of green spaces.

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kerelberel t1_irwphsb wrote

Why is their metro system noteworthy?

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Mobius_Peverell t1_irwprfx wrote

It was built extremely quickly & inexpensively, and seems to serve its purpose very well.

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