Following a closed door meeting yesterday attended by Mazatlán Mayor, Carlos Felton, other city officials, the governors of the states of Nayarit, Durango and Sinaloa, and representatives of the multi-use project started several years ago on La Isla de la Piedra (Stone Island) called Isla Amaitlán, the mayor said that construction of 38 bungalows and two hotels would be later this month.
The mayor said that although the project had been stymied for the past three years, it is back on track, noting that the first phase of the project, the botanical gardens, is completed and open to visitors.
He said, “It is amazing what has been done there. I do not know why it (the project) was detained for several years, but now everything is ready to move forward. It will provide new and better attractions for Mazatlán.”
The Isla Amaitlán project is situated on 2,500 hectares (6,177 acres), 60 percent of which will be green areas. The designer of the project, Brazilian architect Jamie Lerner, says it will be the first ecotourism city in the world.
(from El Debate)
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