President Andrés Manuel López Obrador warned that if Grupo Carso does not finish soon, the Jala-Puerto Vallarta highway will take away the concession.

During a rally in Bahía de Banderas, he said "we are also going to solve the problem of the roads. It has been running for more than 10 years with the concession to build the highway here and it is not moving forward. I'm going to talk to them. It's over. Or they work and they finish or they are removed the concession. So clear, so that the works do those who really want to do things for the benefit of the country. " The highway is concessioned to Grupo Carso and, in 2018, it was announced that it will be completed by August 2019 .

López Obrador acknowledged that there is a delay in social programs.

"It is taking a bit of time for the government to give the support because the government was not prepared to take care of the people, it was a facilitator for corruption. He was in the service of a rapacious minority. He did not care about the town, "he said.

He added that "we must start the new government with the new conception and it is not easy, because it is like a rheumatic and crafty elephant that has to be pushed, but we are going to push together".

He explained that "this is why some supports are being delayed, but they will arrive. It may take justice, but it will come. Justice takes time, but it comes when there is a will to serve the people. "

In Puerto Vallarta, the president criticized those who speak of his mistakes and recalled that his government has made progress, such as reducing his salary and that of some public officials.

https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/presidente-amaga-con-quitar-a-slim-concesion

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wants billionaire Carlos Slim to finish a highway project soon or else he’ll take it away, according to newspaper El Financiero.

“For 10 years, a company has had the concession to build this highway and there’s no progress,” Lopez Obrador said over the weekend at an event in the state of Nayarit, home to beach resorts Punta Mita and Sayulita. “I’m going to have a chat with them -- this is over. Either they get to work and finish it, or it’ll be taken back.” The company he referenced is Slim’s Grupo Carso.

Ideal, a Grupo Carso subsidiary, was granted the concession to build the Las Varas-Puerto Vallarta stretch of the highway in 2016 and the building permit in August 2018, the company said in a statement.

“To this day, there are several working fronts across that stretch and the project is in schedule,” the company said.