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New Border Projects* USA - Congestion-Relief Plans to Include Public-Private Partnerships
Drivers and freight shippers will experience fewer delays at U.S. border crossings in California, Texas and Washington state due to new congestion-relief projects that will include public-private partnerships
Washington,DC,USA -Transport Topics -22 Sept 2008: -- ... Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said the projects would receive priority access to discretionary programs, including innovative financing, and “demonstrate the types of innovative solutions needed to immediately and effectively reduce border congestion”... The projects will explore public-private partnerships, which combine traditional federal and state funds with private-sector expertise... San Diego’s Otay Mesa East border project will create a new port of entry and a 2.7-mile, four-lane highway linked to California’s highway system to provide more capacity for traffic flow through the region... In Laredo, Texas, the East Loop Bypass Project will build a new rail bridge across the border and new rail bypass around the city, adding rail capacity and improving safety, DOT said... At the U.S. northern border, in Blaine, Wash., a project proposes to provide real-time border-crossing wait-times and other travel information through a combination of technologies...(Photo by Tom Biery/Trans Pixs)Labels: border projects
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