This new infrastructure investment plan will allow for greater development with equity, social justice, and environmental protection. For this year, it implies an additional investment to that established in the 2026 Budget of 2% of GDP, representing 722 billion pesos more. In order to boost the Plan Mexico and the growth of the economy, President Claudia Sheinbaum presented this Monday a new plan for public and mixed investment in infrastructure for 5.6 trillion pesos during her six-year term. From the National Palace, the government announced that this project will be concentrated in eight strategic sectors: 54% of the investments will be allocated to the energy sector; followed by railway projects, which represent 16%; then highways with 14%; ports and health will respectively mean 6%; and for water, 2.8% of the investments will be allocated. Education and airports show minimal investment increases of 0.3 and 0.4%, respectively, but the Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) explained that this is because there are already specific programs for these items. This plan is to boost Plan Mexico. It's two additional percentage points in investments, so the idea is to precisely materialize this investment. Questioned whether this would not pressure the objectives of continuing to reduce the fiscal deficit, the person in charge of the country's public finances assured that there is confidence in continuing to move along the path of fiscal convergence. Under that context, Amador Zamora affirmed that they estimate that growth will be 3% this year. It is a considerable increase from the 2.2% estimated by the Treasury in September last year -considering half of the established range- and well above the 1.25% estimated in the consensus among specialists that Banco de México (Banxico) published this day. It would also be a considerable rebound from the growth of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 0.7% in 2025, according to the timely estimate of INEGI. "We are very certain of achieving a growth close to 3%," he said. "But we are going to calibrate it precisely," he added. "It is a set of solutions, not just a vehicle and we are going to adjust the projects according to the best way to finance them and the financing conditions we expect to have are going to be very good," he said. He also emphasized that there will be growth.
