State and federal officials in both countries have mapped out long-range plans, but unless cross-border roads and rails meet, neither can complete what they consider high-priority projects.
A step in that coordination took place last week when a master plan was unveiled that covered 200 U.S.-Mexico projects between Presidio-Ojinaga and Santa Teresa-San Jeronimo.
Among two time-line questions to address are:
? Construction on the U.S. side of the state-of-the-art Tornillo-Guadalupe port of entry is ongoing. But officials in the Mexican state of Chihuahua must await a nod from new Mexican President Enrique Pe?a Neito before work continues on the Guadalupe side of the international bridge.
? Also, the U.S. does not have the planned border crossing at Sunland Park listed as a high priority, but Mexico does. Santa Teresa is a new home for the Union Pacific rail yards. San Jeronimo is a rapidly growing twin-plant area in the Ju?rez region.
Both countries have situations whereas cities, states and federal agencies are involved, sometimes in different capacities. On the U.S. side, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) unveiled 48 road and interchange projects, 32 port of entry projects and three rail projects. The Mexican side has plans for 80 road and interchange projects, 30 port of
entry projects and seven rail projects.This plan is a coordination effort of the Federal Highway Administration, the U.S. State Department, Mexico's Foreign Ministry and Mexico's Secretary of Communications and Transportation.
That's a lot of agencies and a lot of desks for projects to pass across before green lights are given.
The idea here is to get both countries to agree on priorities, and then seek funds needed on both sides of the border.
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