A new truck inspection station is under construction in New Mexico north of the Santa Teresa port of entry at the U.S.-Mexico border.
State officials say the station will help handle the increase in truck traffic coming from Mexico expected when the long-delayed cross-border trucking provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement are put into place later this year. In addition, a 17-mile bypass is expected to open next month that will let truckers from Ciudad Chihuahua to avoid driving through Ciudad Juarez and head directly to Santa Teresa. Already, about 150 to 200 Mexican trucks per day drive through the port of entry.
State inspectors will be able to check about 60 trucks a day at the new inspection station. Currently, only a single federal DOT inspector checks Mexican trucks entering the state via this port of entry. The state's primary inspection station is off Interstate 10 near Anthony.
The station is expected to be completed by August.
State officials say the station will help handle the increase in truck traffic coming from Mexico expected when the long-delayed cross-border trucking provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement are put into place later this year. In addition, a 17-mile bypass is expected to open next month that will let truckers from Ciudad Chihuahua to avoid driving through Ciudad Juarez and head directly to Santa Teresa. Already, about 150 to 200 Mexican trucks per day drive through the port of entry.
State inspectors will be able to check about 60 trucks a day at the new inspection station. Currently, only a single federal DOT inspector checks Mexican trucks entering the state via this port of entry. The state's primary inspection station is off Interstate 10 near Anthony.
The station is expected to be completed by August.
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