Highlight: Progress on two projects along the US-Mexico border

Officials have made recent progress on two important projects as part of a bilateral project to strengthen border infrastructure between Mexico and the United States.

The first includes Second international railway bridge About the second port of entry is the Laredo-Nuevo Laredo crossing, on the border between Texas and Tamaulipas. Ote Mesa IIBetween San Diego, California and Tijuana, in the Mexican state of Baja California.

In Mexico, the freight program is operated by U.S. rail operator Kansas City Southern (KCS), while the border crossing program is conducted by the Secretary of Defense (Sedan)

BNamericas provides a summary of the details of the works.

the bridge

Group CEO Patrick J. Ottensmeyer and CEO of Kansas City Southern Mexico (KCSM), Óscar Del Cueto, inaugurated the works on the 350 m bridge on October 31.

The operator did not disclose the project’s cost in a statement, saying the project “involves the construction of a toll structure fully funded by KCS.”

According to Mexican officials, the works will be completed in 2024.

Last week, BNamericas Information Regardless of the ongoing merger process between KCS and the project, the project will begin in October Canadian Pacific.

Port of entry

Mexican government Signed On October 25, an agreement was reached with US officials and other representatives of the private sector to define how toll revenue from the future Otay Mesa East border crossing would be divided.

Scheduled to begin in 2024, the project is being built by governments on the respective sides of the border. This is the first time in history that a single toll booth has been created.

In September, BNamericas spoke with representatives from the San Diego Association of Governments (Sandag) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). They are revealed Updates on project status, funding and objectives, including information on roadworks, tolls and ICT tenders.