Playa del Carmen Launches Survey Work to Legalize San Judas Tadeo Neighborhood

Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo — Mayor Estefanía Mercado launched topographic survey work on Tuesday to move forward with the regularization of the San Judas Tadeo neighborhood, starting a process aimed at giving legal certainty to hundreds of families who have waited years to legalize the land where they live.

“I made a promise during the campaign; I told them we were going to regularize San Judas Tadeo, and today I have come to keep my word,” the mayor told residents of the neighborhood. She said the surveys will establish the technical conditions of the area and lay the groundwork for the legal and administrative stages that follow.

Mercado said reaching this point required agreements with the Playa del Carmen Ejido, which owns the land where the neighborhood was settled, and credited ejido commissioner Cecilio Puc and the ejido members for their willingness to find a solution for the families.

The mayor cautioned that regularization will not happen immediately, since several legal and administrative stages must still be completed. She asked residents to remain organized and to work in coordination to move the process forward and build a neighborhood with better living conditions.

Once the regularization is complete and all legal requirements are met, the municipal government will be able to move ahead with infrastructure and services. “Once we complete the entire process, I will come back very happily to install drainage, streetlights and sidewalks,” she said.

During the event, municipal secretary general Luis Herrera and ejido commissioner Cecilio Puc highlighted the coordination among authorities, ejido members and families to advance the project. Municipal officials from the departments of security, social justice, land use planning and housing also took part.