According to the agreement signed by both parties in the San Diego area, the new border crossing will be ready at 2024 and will be a great boost for the regional economy
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Thursday, November 7
California and Mexico sign agreement for a new border crossing in Otay Mesa that will greatly reduce waiting times
The border with Mexico
Representatives of California and the government of Mexico signed the agreement-commitment for the border crossing that will be the third in the San Diego-Tijuana area . The difference is that in this one it will be sought that the waiting times are not greater than minutes, so It would solve the headache that many people experience every day, especially when crossing into California.
The current slowness to cross affects the regional economy and also causes a lot of pollution for the enormous number of engines running sometimes for several hours.
“Otay Mesa II”, also called Otay Mesa East, will be added when completed to the major crossing of the San Ysidro sentry box and to the crossing of Otay Mesa , near the Tijuana airport and which is only about 3 kilometers west of what will be the new crossing.
The Otay Mesa border crossing opened 35 years ago, amid concerns that crossings in San Ysidro were reaching capacity. Today, we’re building # OtayII to expand the $ 47. 5 billion bilateral trade at our commercial ports of entry. https://t.co/HoY 91 LQVZy
– Carlos González Gtez (@carlos_glezgtez) January 25, 2020
If the project works as planned, the two existing junctions will reduce your “rush hour” wait times by 50% from day one , as estimated.
The memorandum of understanding was signed by the US General Administration of Customs and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) on the US side, and by the Secretariats of Communications and Transportation (SCT) and Finance (SHCP) for the Mexican.
The new crossing will help boost the economy in figures around $ 1, 800 millions of dollars annually as said at a news on Monday .
🇺🇸🇲🇽 @ CA_Trans_Agency @ CaltransHQ @ SANDAG @ SRE_mx @ SCT_mx @ SATMX # OtayMesaEast # otayII https://t.co/FGnkKjCM9i
– Caltrans San Diego (@SDCaltrans) June 28, 2021
On as for the work itself, the border crossing will have four or five lanes for vehicles and another four or five for commercial vehicles , which may be adapted for one use or another according to demand.
In addition, the payment of the route will not be received at the customs inspection point, but will be made electronically or in booths that will be installed on the road 11 on the US side. The profits will be shared between both countries.
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