The rehabilitation of the Commercial East Port of Entry is expected to finish next year, according to a business leader
The project to rehabilitate the Mexican side of the Commercial East Port of Entry facility at the Port of Entry is expected to conclude in fall 2023.
National Transportation Chamber in Mexicali Chairman Luciano Jiménez told La Crónica newspaper the National Department of Defense, in charge of the project, is intensely working at the site.
“Evidently, there will be issues with circulation,” Jiménez told the newspaper. “What we are trying is to effectively make those investments made in needed infrastructure to improve mobility.”
Last week, the chamber recorded waiting times of up to six hours.
The challenge, he said, is to make all those involved in the project coordinate with users and expedite border crossing.
Recently, the Mexican Customs Agency reported a hacking of its system that resulted in the cancellation of export permits that caused a backlog of 500 permit requests.
The authorities already opened a single office to address transportation needs.
Jiménez said starting January transportation vehicles older than 2010 will be forbidden from entering the US, which has increased permit requests.
Commission begins pothole project
A state commission in Mexicali announced Wednesday a project that seeks to get rid of hundreds of street potholes in the city.
The state Public Utilities Commission of Mexicali said in a prepared statement the project was launched in order to rehabilitate 1,500 potholes — or about 7,000 square meters.
The program seeks to reduce the number of street potholes in the city, Commission Manager Armando Carrazco said.
According to the state official, potholes are caused by repairs of water lines, pipe collapses or use.
The project is expected to come to an end next month.
Vehicle smog check program in the works
The first stage of the vehicle smog check program is expected to begin by the end of next year, Secretary of Environment Mónica Vega said.
La Voz newspaper reported that the goal is to make sure the program benefits the environment and does not become just a revenue generating project.
Part of that income will go towards environmental mitigation projects, the secretary said.
During the past administration, the state cancelled a decade-long program due to anomalies.
However, the project restarted after a contract was signed with California-based Worldwide Environmental Products that provides the same program to the state of Jalisco.
Sec. Vega said the program never came to fruition.
According to the state official the authorities must first make sure hired companies actually have the credentials to provide services.
At the same time, the program must include a monitoring center to report malpractices.
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