Tulum, Q.R. — After nearly two years of work and 2.5 billion pesos, the Jaguar National Park of Tulum is nearing completion. According to the Secretaría de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano (Sedatu), the park is currently 92 percent finished.
Román Meyer Falcón who heads the Secretariat of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development (Sedatu), reported on the advancement of the Parque Nacional del Jaguar de Tulum during a recent visit.
Lately, construction has been focused on the area of the old airfield once used by the Secretary of the Navy, he said. Land from the 300-hectare airfield has been restored, reforested and implemented into the park project as part of the Urban Improvement Program (PMU).
“Now the side that is being worked on is the entire central part of the exaerodrome where we are building the museum and administrative buildings,” Meyer Falcón said.
He said the overall project included the creation of six beach access points, trails to the archaeological zone, the construction of bike paths and the rescue of the lighthouse.
The entire Jaguar Park project is now expected to be finished sometime in August in about two months, a delay from the initial project deadline of April. Work to convert the land into a natural area began in September of 2022. To date, the federal government has invested approximately 2.5 billion pesos into the project.
