Chapala road work hustle
Teamwork was the order of the day as workers rushed to finish the reconstruction of Chapala’s Calle Venustiano Carranza by the end this week. The street is due to reopen to traffic Monday morning.
Teamwork was the order of the day as workers rushed to finish the reconstruction of Chapala’s Calle Venustiano Carranza by the end this week. The street is due to reopen to traffic Monday morning.
Ajijic took the brunt of torrential rains that poured over the neighboring Sierra del Travesaño mountain range in the early hours of Saturday, October 1. Fortunately, only minor damages were reported after rain water, mud, stones and debris inundated streets across thebreadth of the town.
The first mechanical components for removing patches of lirio acuático (water hyacinth) from Lake Chapala arrived this week, advancing plans to launch the four-million-peso weed control program in early November once the rainy season subsides.
All aboard! Well, not quite yet. But after a year-long wait, an old caboose gifted to Chapala by the Ferrocarriles Mexicanos (Ferromex) Foundation was finally delivered Friday, September 23 for installation outside the Centro Cultural González Gallo, the town’s former train station.
The daily lives of media reporters who cover local news in the lakeshore region often revolve around pounding the pavement, tedious waiting for formal events and interviews with government officials, dropping personal activities to cover breaking stories and rushing to meet deadlines.
A health crisis can strike anyone at any time. In many emergency cases, medical treatment may involve a need for blood.
Thanks to good reflexes and quick thinking, the driver of a bottled water delivery truck managed to avoid a potentially tragic collision after the vehicle’s brakes failed near the busy intersection of the Libramiento and the Chapala-Ajijic highway.