TxDOT to Host Public and Stakeholder Meetings in Laredo & Eagle Pass for Texas-Mexico Border Transportation Master Plan
LAREDO – The Texas Department of Transportation will conduct a series of Texas-Mexico Border Transportation Master Plan public and stakeholder meetings statewide, and in the immediate Laredo District region the week of Apr. 22-24, 2019, as follows:
- Apr. 22, 2019 (Monday), 5-7 p.m. – Texas-Mexico Border Transportation Master Plan PUBLIC MEETING at the Texas A&M International University, Zaffirini Student Success Center in room #101 located at 5201 University Blvd., Laredo, TX 78041
- Apr. 23, 2019 (Tuesday), 2-4 p.m. – Texas-Mexico Border Transportation Master Plan STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP at Laredo College De La Garza Building, Room #101, 1st and West End Washington Street, Laredo, TX 78040
- Apr. 24, 2019 (Wednesday), 9-11 a.m. – Texas-Mexico Border Transportation Master Plan STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP at the Eagle Pass International Center for Trade, 3295 Bob Rogers Drive, Eagle Pass, TX 78852
The purpose of the PUBLIC MEETING to provide the public an opportunity to learn about the BTMP and provide input on needs, challenges, and opportunities for moving people and goods across the border and within the border region.
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), in collaboration and partnership with the Border Trade Advisory Committee, is working with U.S. and Mexican agencies and stakeholders to update the Texas-Mexico Border Transportation Master Plan (BTMP). The master plan will identify the cross-border challenges of moving people and goods and will include analysis of existing transportation systems — roadway, transit, pedestrian, pipeline, air, rail, ports and waterways.
The purpose of the STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOPS is to gather input from binational public and private sector stakeholders about multimodal transportation needs, issues, challenges, and opportunities and solutions for moving people and goods across the border and the border regions.
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is hosting a series of stakeholder workshops throughout the border region to get your input on multimodal transportation needs, issues, challenges, and potential opportunities and solutions for efficiently and safely moving people and goods across the border and in the border region. The intended audience for this workshop includes binational public and private sector stakeholders, brokers and logistics firms, cargo owners, and other trade transportation industry professionals.
The BTMP plan will analyze current and future transportation and will include a prioritized list of transportation investment strategies that improves the efficient movement of people and goods across the border and supports binational, state, regional and local economic competitiveness.
Comments from the public are requested and can be emailed to TxDOT_BorderPlan@txdot.gov or mailed to TxDOT TPP, Attention Timoteo “Tim” Juarez, Jr., 125 E. 11th St., Austin, TX 78701.
BTMP flyers for each event and summaries, and location maps are attached.
