Urban Agency
Introduction
The Urban Management Agency of Mexico City is a deconcentrated body "Deconcentration (administration)") of the public administration of the Federal District created on February 12, 2013 in order to design and execute policies, programs and actions regarding urban public services and functionality of public roads in the capital of Mexico.
Creation
On February 12 in the Official Gazette of the Federal District, the decree creating the decentralized body called: Urban Management Agency of Mexico City was published. The Head of Government Miguel Ángel Mancera Espinosa designated and took the oath of office to Mr. José Fernando Aboitiz Saro, as head of said governmental body.[1].
Features
The legal functions of the Urban Management Agency are determined by the Creation Decree published in the Official Gazette of the Federal District, in its second article
The Urban Management Agency of Mexico City is in charge of capturing, channeling, monitoring and demanding compliance with the demands of primary or secondary roads related to urban services and public works such as: potholes, deterioration of the pavement, pruning in medians, cleaning of roads, clandestine dumps, repair of garrisons, sidewalks, repair of luminaires, damage to vehicular and pedestrian bridges located in the primary and secondary roads, as well as information that guides the mobility of the city with road support.
Another of its tasks is to organize and coordinate the various agencies and private companies whose activities affect the execution of public works, the provision of urban public services, the functionality of public roads and the use and/or exploitation of the subsoil.
This action will serve to plan and build a modern and functional long-term City, since all the works and actions carried out on public roads will be planned with a sense of the future.
The third task of the AGU will be executed through the laboratory that said agency has and with the support of universities, institutions and experts, the best practices that successful cities have implemented around the world will be analyzed, to solve problems similar to those in Mexico City.