Download the El Paso Regional Ports of Entry Operations Plan - Final Report (en español).
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has recently begun a Regional Ports of Entry Operations Plan that will:
- Review and assess the operations at all existing ports of entry within the El Paso region (from Santa Teresa, New Mexico to Tornillo/Guadalupe), analyze how they currently function, and develop recommendations to improve cross-border mobility in the region;
- Identify operational improvement strategies, such as the use of technology to reduce border inspection and processing times, charging higher tolls or increasing staff levels at peak traffic hours, or restricting some ports to commercial traffic only;
- Estimate the transportation, economic, and environmental impacts and benefits of potential operational improvement strategies; and
- Develop plan to help the region finance and implement operational, infrastructure, and institutional recommendations.
A key element of the study is extensive public involvement and outreach to ensure that all interested groups in the El Paso region are actively engaged in the planning, development, and implementation of the Operations Plan.
