MEXICO U.S. BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE · BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE North America´s Critical Infrastructure: Status, Challenges and Oportunities North American Steel Trade Committee June

MEXICO – U.S.BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE

North America´s Critical Infrastructure: Status, Challenges and OportunitiesNorth American Steel Trade Committee

June 7, 2011

Sean Carlos Cázares AhearneDeputy Director General for Border Affairs

Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE)

Not a national transportation infrastructure expert

US – Mexico Border Affairs – Bi-national Infrastructure

Not an expert on Mexico’s southern border

DISCLAIMERS

Mexico carries out decisive actions to increase its competitiveness, looking to engage

with success the challenges that the international conditions impose.

Our geographical proximity is the only advantage that we share permanently; hence the

development of a world class infrastructure with a bi-national scope –highways,railways,

land ports and seaports– is essential to enable timely and efficient supply to producers

and consumers.

However, the increasing saturation of our common border represents a challenge we

must overcome through the modernization and expansion of the existing infrastructure

and the construction of new one.

If the current capacity of the ports of entry (POE´s) is not increased and the projected

demand continues to grow, 85% of the POE´s will reach complete saturation by 2014.

In this regard, proper US and Mexico agencies work closely to develop coordinated

plans and actions that will increase the capacity of our border crossings and roads to

efficiently address the traffic flows.

INTRODUCTION

BORDER CROSSING HIGHLIGHTS

Since the signing of the NAFTA, trade exchange between Mexico and the United

States has grown exponentially and today it accounts for nearly 400 billion USD.

The efficient and secure movement of passengers and freight between Mexico and

the United States is fundamental for the development of both nations:

Mexico is the 3rd most important source of imports for the U.S. (12%, 230

billion USD) and the 2nd most important destination of U.S. exports (12.8%,

164 billion USD).

Approximately 70% of the value of that trade exchange is done by truck and 8.4% by

rail, meanwhile only 16.4% is done by ship and the remaining 3.9% by other means

of transportation. 98% of the trans-border passenger movement is done by land.

In 2010, nearly 170 million passengers, 4.8 million trucks and close to 64 million

vehicles crossed the border from Mexico to the US.

• In recent years, Mexico and the United States have reached remarkable

levels of understanding and coordination on the development of border

infrastructure, hence strengthening North America´s competitiveness.

• Our governments agree on the importance of the border as a region of

opportunity and bi-national cooperation. We carry out efforts in order to

strengthen security and encourage commercial trade.

• The development of new infrastructure at the US-Mexico border suffered

a historical impasse. However, in 2007 we achieved the simultaneous

construction of three new ports of entry for the first time in history:

– Reynosa-McAllen “Anzaldúas” (Tamaulipas-Texas) *Inaugurated

January 2010.

– San Luis Río Colorado – San Luis II, (Sonora-Arizona)

*Inaugurated November 2010.

– Río Bravo-Donna (Tamaulipas–Texas). *Inaugurated December

2010.

US – Mexico Border Infrastructure Recent Achievements

CARGO FLOWS DISTRIBUTION BY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION

Scale

Load distribution by mode of transport

Highway

Railroad

Sea

BORDER FLOWS BETWEEN MEXICO – UNITED STATES

In 2010, nearly 170 million passengers, 4.8 million trucks and close to 64 million vehicles crossed the border

from Mexico to the US.

Projected truck flows for 2020

(Total number of trucks per year)

MODERNIZATION OF THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE

Expansion of the facilities to its maximum capacity.

Implementation of technology (SENTRI, FAST, ITS, SIAVE).

CONSTRUCTION OF NEW INFRASTRUCTURE

New international bridges and border crossings.

Construction of bypasses and road accesses.

INTERMODAL INTEGRATION

Creation of intermodal facilities.

Construction of Rail bridges and bypasses.

Implementation of massive passenger transport systems and BRT’s in

the border cities.

STRATEGIC GOALS

Construidos al 2010

En construcción

BORDER CROSSING SYSTEM DETAILS

2012 MAIN PROYECTS AND NUMBER OF CROSSINGS

59 BORDER AND INTERMODAL PROYECTS

6 NEW INTERNATIONAL BRIDGES

8 SENTRI LANES

14 FAST LANES

5 HIGHWAY BYPASS

3 RAILROAD BYPASS

3 INTERMODAL TERMINALS

20 POE EXPANSION

65% PROGRESS(2007-2012)

39 PLANNING INTER-AGENCY AND INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUPS

3 INTER-AGENCY GROUPS

6 CETRATE

30 BINATIONAL FORUMS

2010 MAXIMUMHISTORICAL

MINIMUMHISTORICAL

VEHICLES 64.10 91.60 (2005) 64.1 (2010)

BUSES 0.22 0.32 (2003) 0.11 (1995)

TRUCKS 4.74 4.88 (2007) 2.86 (1995)

PEDESTRIANS 39.90 51.50 (2001) 32.8 (1995)

PASSENGERS 168.34 293.1 (1999) 168.34 (2010)

Yearly number of crossings(Millions)

2010 MAXIMUMHISTORICAL

MINIMUMHISTORICAL

VEHICLES 175,616 250,959 175,616

BUSES 603 877 301

TRUCKS 12,986 13,370 7,836

PEDESTRIANS 109,315 141,096 89,863

PASSENGERS 461,205 803,014 461,205

Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT)

TIJUANA – SAN DIEGO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK

INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS 2007- 2012

7

TIJUANA

TECATE6

805

805

5

2D

2 5

6

277

Carriles FAST

Carriles SENTRI

Highway Corridors

New international bridges

Maximum capacity expansion

International Borders

LEGEND:

Intermodal projects

New Highways

Railroads Corridors

SENTRI lanes

FAST lanes

PROJECTS 2007-2012:1.EL CHAPARRAL

2.PUERTA MÉXICO/ SAN YSIDRO

3.TERMINAL INTERMODAL

4.CONEXIÓN PEATONAL AEROPORTUARIA/ SAN DIEGO

5.MESA DE OTAY I/OTAY MESA

6.MESA DE OTAY II/ OTAY MESA EAST –AUTOPISTA SR-11

7. TECATE/ TECATE

4

13

US - MX

MEXICALI – CALEXICO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK


4

2

4

1

8

8

111

2D

34

277

Carriles FAST

Carriles SENTRI

PROJECTS 2007-2012:1. MEXICALI 1/ CALEXICO WEST

2. MEXICALI II/ CALEXICO EAST

3. SAN LUIS I

4. SAN LUIS II/ YUMA-AVENIDA E- TERMINAL INTERMODAL

Highway Corridors




LEGEND:

Intermodal projects

New Highways

Railroads Corridors

SENTRI lanes

FAST lanes

US - MX

NOGALES-NOGALES TRANSPORTATION NETWORK


19

15

43

1 2

277

PROJECTS 2007-2012:1. NOGALES I/ DeCONCINI

2. NOGALES II/ MARIPOSA

Highway Corridors




LEGEND:

Intermodal projects

New Highways

Railroads Corridors

SENTRI lanes

FAST lanes

US - MX

EL PASO- CD. JUAREZ TRANSPORTATION NETWORK


1

7

10

10/180

54

85

45

1 23 4

5

6

277

PROJECTS 2007-2012:1. SAN JERÓNIMO/ TERMINAL FERROVIARIA

2. PASO DEL NORTE

3. LERDO

4. CORDOVA

5. ZARAGOZA

6. GUADALUPE/ TORNILLO

7. TERMINAL INTERMODAL SAMALAYUCA

Highway Corridors




LEGEND:

Intermodal projects

New Highways

Railroads Corridors

SENTRI lanes

FAST lanes

US - MX

PIEDRAS NEGRAS-EAGLE PASS TRANSPORTATION NETWORK


277

277

57D

57

1

2

PROJECTS 2007-2012:1. PIEDRAS NEGRAS I

2. PIEDRAS NEGRAS II

Highway Corridors




LEGEND:

Intermodal projects

New Highways

Railroads Corridors

SENTRI lanes

FAST lanes

US - MX

NUEVO LAREDO-LAREDO TRANSPORTATION NETWORK


1

2

35

59

35/83

2551

85

3

4

PROJECTS 2007-2012:1. COLOMBIA/ WEBB

2. NUEVO LAREDO I

3. NUEVO LAREDO III/ TRANS TEXAS CORREDOR

4. NUEVO LAREDO 4/5

Highway Corridors




LEGEND:

Intermodal projects

New Highways

Railroads Corridors

SENTRI lanes

FAST lanes

US - MX

2

REYNOSA-McALLEN TRANSPORTATION NETWORK


281

83

83

40

1

2

3

4

765

PROJECTS 2007-2012:1. CAMARGO

2. DIAZ ORDAZ/ SULLIVAN

3. REYNOSA/ ANZANDUAS

4. REYNOSA/ HIDALGO

5. REYNOSA/ PHARR

6. RIO BRAVO/ DONNA

7. NUEVO P./ PROGRESO

Highway Corridors




LEGEND:

Intermodal projects

New Highways

Railroads Corridors

SENTRI lanes

FAST lanes

US - MX

MATAMOROS-BROWNSVILLE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK


281

83

77

83/77

2D

5

12

3

PROJECTS 2007-2012:1. PROGRESO

2. LOS INDIOS

3. MATAMOROS B&M

4. MATAMOROS FFCC

5. LOS TOMATES

Highway Corridors




LEGEND:

Intermodal projects

New Highways

Railroads Corridors

SENTRI lanes

FAST lanes

US - MX

6

4

MAIN FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION NETWORK IN MEXICO

MAIN HIGHWAY PROJECTS 2007 - 2012

NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM (NIP)

Twenty-first Century Border Management

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21st Century Borders for North America

• Mexico and the United States have acknowledged a shared

interest in creating a border that promotes economic

competitiveness for the whole of North America, enhancing

regional security through safe, efficient, rapid, and lawful

movement of goods and people.

• President Obama and President Calderón have recognized

the potential value of a collaborative administration of their

common border through the Declaration by The

Government Of The United States Of America and The

Government Of Mexico Concerning Twenty-First Century

Border Management on May, 2010.

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• Both Governments have expressed their commitment to

strenghten cooperation by:

– Enhancing economic competitiveness by expediting lawful

trade, while preventing the transit of illegal merchandise

– Facilitating lawful travel and enhancing secure flows of

goods and people, and

– Disrupting and dismantling transnational criminal

organizations and punishing their members and

supporters.

– Making the communities in border states partners in efforts

to protect public safety by integrating law enforcement

efforts with social assistance, community outreach, and

responsiveness to citizen concerns.

21st Century Borders for North America

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• The first Binational Executive Steering Committee on 21st Century Border Management meeting was successfully held on December 15th, in which agencies from both countries endorsed a binational Action Plan to be executed in the next 12 months.

• Both governments established their own frameworks and structure to work on the agreed initiatives and objectives regarding the modernization of our common border.

• Within these frameworks both countries carry out specific actions in seven thematic fields :

Binational Executive Steering Committee on 21st Century Border Management

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• Improve bi-national coordination in planning, financing, permitting, designing, building, and operating ports of entry.

• Use shared programs, enhanced information sharing, improved technology, and other risk management strategies.

• Implement coordinated binational stakeholder interaction mechanisms.

• Create protocols to ensure full binational coordination before, during, and after emergency shutdowns.

• Test concepts for pre-clearance, pre-screening, and pre-inspection of people, goods, and products.

• Reduce congestion and delays in cross-border traffic entering both Mexico and the United States.

• Enhance law enforcement cooperation including the collection, analysis, and sharing of information.

Binational Executive Steering Committee on 21st Century Border Management

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1. Support the current Laredo-Coahuila/Nuevo León/Tamaulipas regional master planning process with active federal participation in planning meetings and regular communications with plan coordinators in order to fulfill binational priorities embodied in the Declaration on 21st Century Border Management.

2. Encourage the launching of border master planning processes in the Arizona-Sonora and Lower Rio Grande Valley/Tamaulipas regions and actively participate in both once they begin

3. Support efforts by California and Baja California to update the current California-Baja California Border Master Plan

4. Advance the San Ysidro-Tijuana port of entry expansion project by formally identifying agreed crossings points, continuing the current phase of construction in the U.S., and working together closely to plan for the “El Chaparral” expansion phase.

21st Century Border

Border Infrastructure Initiatives

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5. Continue to support efforts by California and Baja California to conclude the environmental and financial studies for construction of the Otay Mesa II border crossing.

6. Resolve discussions with the private project sponsors of the San Diego-Tijuana Airport cross-border facility for air passengers regarding the funding and design of the U.S. facility. COMPLETED

7. Begin construction on the Tornillo-Guadalupe Bridge project between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.

8. Complete construction of and begin operating new northbound commercial vehicle lanes at the World Trade Bridge between Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. COMPLETED

9. Break ground on the West Rail Bypass project between Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas. COMPLETED

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21st Century Border

Border Infrastructure Initiatives

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