Overview
- The Cuemanco embarcadero was inaugurated by Clara Brugada on Wednesday, June 3, as part of a 174-million-peso renovation that also covers the Nativitas site.
- Officials said the works rebuilt more than 50,000 square meters and 162 commercial locales, with 90 million pesos allocated to Cuemanco and 74 vendor spaces there.
- The city presented the project as Mexico’s first net‑zero public work, citing a Climate Action Reserve carbon compensation certificate and the purchase of verified credits tied to a forest project in Oaxaca.
- New environmental features include a hydrobotanical tower, solar LED lighting, rainwater capture, infiltration gardens and the planting of 55,000 specimens, and the city says more than 600 local service providers received training.
- Reporters and videos showed some sections still under construction at the ceremony, and authorities framed the opening as the start of wider recovery measures for Xochimilco that include canal sanitation and ajolote conservation.