Ica monterrey aqueduct said to move forward at lower price.

Aqueducts; Water pipelines

Mexican builder ICA's 17.7-billion peso ($1.1 billion) aqueduct project, threatened to be quashed by a regional politician, probably will move forward but with a lower price tag, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. The water pipeline project came under fire by business groups that complained of high costs and for the participation of Grupo Higa, a government contractor that sold homes to President Enrique Pena Nieto's wife and Finance Minister Luis Videgaray. [Extracted from the article]

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