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Nov 12, 2009

BORDER IDEAS * USA - Texas group warns of weaknesses at land ports

McAllen,TX,USA -The Associated Press/The Trucker, by CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN -12 Nov 2009: -- The country’s understaffed land ports of entry need massive investments in infrastructure, technology and personnel to avoid becoming the path of choice for human and drug smugglers, according to a report released Wednesday by a border advocacy group... The Texas Border Coalition, a group representing border city mayors, county judges and economic development commissions, called for $6 billion to improve land ports of entry and 5,000 new customs officers during the next four years. The group said the money is needed to correct the imbalance between the security at ports of entry and the security covering the points between... There are 42 land ports of entry on the southern and northern borders... The Texas Border Coalition, which opposed the border fence built along 670 miles of the southern border, plans to formally present its report at a conference Friday in Laredo...

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Sep 22, 2008

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)

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