Yucatan Border Canal

The Yucatan Border Canal is an underconstruction sea vessel canal that would span, when completed, south from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean, running along the Yucatan/Mexico border. The canal is planned to be capable of transporting large scale naval craft such as aircraft carriers and civilian craft such as cruiseliners. It would span for at least 150 to 200 miles and require cutting through mountainous terrain but would overall secure Everetti and western military ability to access the Pacific and Atlantic oceans without requiring travelling around the entire American continents.

Development
In the light of recent strategic losses during the 2010 Yarphese War such as loss of the Panama Canal as a vital route for military naval vessels, the Everetti government found it necessary to construct an Everetti owned and controlled canal in which could be secured for permanent use by western and PAFF forces. Panama's decision to join the Organization of Independent States further threatened the west's ability to transport naval craft and trade vessels through the important canal. In response, Everett began the planning stages of what would become a second canal that would span Central America, that could be secured under Everett's and the west's control. Original developers noted previous plans for canals in other Central American countries, such as Nicaragua but the military and government did not trust the potential instability in the region. The next decided choice for the canal was to be built directly in Everetti territory which would span Yucatan state and create a literal border division barrier between Mexico and Everett.

The canal construction would start east of the Maya Coast state, city of Coatzacoalcos and head south-southeast, eighty miles to a lake, half way between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific. It would then continue south, along the Mexico/Union of Everett border, entering Yucatan state and span for another ninety miles and end at the shores of the Pacific Ocean.