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SCT Becomes SICT As of Oct. 21, 2021, as stated in the Official Gazette of the Federation, the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (SCT) has changed its name to Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT). The Mexican Congress approved the change of name. The functions and offices that currently belong to the Secretariat will not undergo any change. Likewise, relationships with other institutions, both national and international, will continue to function without any modification.
Official Standard on Signaling and Road Devices for Streets and Highways Posted for Public Consultation For its conference in January, the SICT and the Secretariat of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development – through the National Consultative Committee for the Standardization of Land Transport in conjunction with the National Consultative Committee for the Standardization of Land Use and Urban Development – published the proposed Official Mexican Standard PROYNOM-034-SCT2/SEDATU-2021 in the Official Gazette of the Federation. This project focuses on signaling and road devices for streets and roads, as a mechanism to lay the foundations for the formation of a harmonized signaling system in the national territory. Continued on next page
The change is one more advance in the constant work of this Secretariat, which continues with its commitment to provide citizens with better and safer roads as well as technological advancements of instruments and equipment for road safety.
President of the Republic Appoints New Undersecretary of Transportation in the SICT As of Jan. 11, Carlos Alfonso Morán Moguel left his position as SICT undersecretary of transportation to serve as general director of Benito Juárez International Airport in Mexico City. Architect Rogelio Jiménez Pons, who has extensive experience in the transportation sector in Mexico, assumed the undersecretary of transportation position.
Pictured left to right: New Undersecretary Rogelio Jiménez Pons, Secretary Jorge Arganis Díaz Leal and Former Undersecretary Carlos Alfonso Morán Moguel.
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