Hidalgo Invests MX$52.8 million to Modernize Key Industrial Parks

Hidalgo is strengthening its industrial infrastructure with new investments aimed at improving productivity and attracting additional private capital, state officials said. According to the Hidalgo Ministry of Economic Development (SEDECO), more than MX$21 million have been allocated over the past three years to industrial infrastructure projects across the state, focusing on improving the operation and functionality of key production centers under the administration of Governor Julio Menchaca. That figure is expected to increase significantly in 2026, when SEDECO, through the Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation, invests an additional MX$52.8 million in strategic works at the Sahagun Industrial Zone and the Tizayuca Industrial Park.

At the Sahagun Industrial Zone, planned projects include the second phase of the reconstruction of Corredor Industrial Centro Avenue, with an investment of nearly MX$1 million. Authorities also plan to rehabilitate an internal road at the Sahagun SME Industrial Park with MX$5 million, and to rebuild the Sahagun Industrial Zone bypass road, a first-phase project that will receive almost MX$20 million.

At the Tizayuca Industrial Park, funds will be used to rebuild the East–West Axis Avenue, with an investment of more than MX$16 million, as well as South Street 4, which will receive more than MX$10.5 million.

In parallel, construction began in 2025 on the Tepeapulco Industrial Park, located within the Ciudad Sahagun Industrial Zone. The project includes more than MX$60 million in infrastructure investment in its first phase and is designed to support the growth and consolidation of MSMEs in the region.

The initial urbanization phase will enable the first 10 industrial lots, with a specific allocation of more than MX$45 million, expanding the availability of productive space and opening new investment opportunities.

Within the automotive sector, Giant Motors Latin America has also expanded operations in the Sahagun Industrial Zone with the launch of a vehicle storage and distribution center. Officials said the expansion reinforces Hidalgo’s position as a competitive and reliable destination for industrial investment.

Proposed Recycling Park in Hidalgo 

In other Hidalgo related news, MBN reported that Mexico’s Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Alicia Bárcena, and Hidalgo Governor Julio Menchaca Salazar outlined plans for a proposed Ecological and Recycling Park in Hidalgo, intended to replace a network of open dumpsites that currently affect air quality, soil and community health. The officials urged residents of Atitalaquia, Tlaxcoapan and Tula de Allende to participate in the Dec. 14 public consultation that will determine whether the project moves forward.

Bárcena described the initiative as “a historic opportunity to settle an environmental debt with the Tula region,” noting that the area has endured decades of industrial pollution. “This state was treated as a sacrifice zone, and that cannot continue,” she said. “Hidalgo deserves clean air, water and soil, as well as health and well-being for all its inhabitants.” The project is linked to Commitment 94 of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration and forms part of a broader strategy that includes restoration of the Tula and Salado rivers, remediation of the Endhó Dam and the conversion of the local thermoelectric plant.

The minister said the project would operate as a Development Hub for the Circular Economy (PODECOBI). The proposed site is designed to host an organized, monitored system in which municipal waste is sorted, recycled, and transformed into new materials or energy. Bárcena stressed that the park would not accept waste from outside Hidalgo. “This must be very clear,” she said. “No waste will be brought from any other state.”

Public participation, Bárcena emphasized, is central to the project’s viability. Over recent weeks, federal and state authorities have held 43 informational sessions with academic institutions, community leaders, women’s organizations and Indigenous communities. “It is the population who must tell us yes or no,” she said. “This project is not an imposition.”

Governor Menchaca expressed full support for the initiative, calling it a step toward reversing decades of environmental degradation. “This consultation is an unprecedented exercise in social participation,” he said. “It is time to acknowledge and address the historic burden caused by the refinery, the thermoelectric plant and the waste accumulated for more than fifty years.” He added that the state would not support any action that puts residents at risk.