Mexico's new airport grounded by debts, delays, disaster

Washington

OUTSIDE Mexico City on a muddy stretch of land about the size of Manhattan, plans to build a shiny, new airport at a breakneck pace are at risk of unravelling.

A rail line designed to ferry materials is late. So is one of the runways. A key contractor filed for bankruptcy, the project coordinator sued the airport operators and a bridge linking up to a highway collapsed in last week's earthquake.

Anyone who's ever worked on a construction site - …