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Post by Minion on Feb 20, 2017 13:38:46 GMT -6
Tale of two Bridges: How Pharr’s border crossing continues to eclipse Los Indios www.valleymorningstar.com/news/local_news/article_c05dfe20-9d83-11e6-86d5-db47e6074b95.htmlHARLINGEN — This is a story about twin bridges built within two years of each other, and located just 32 miles apart. Both span the Rio Grande, linking the United States and Mexico. And that’s where the similarities end. The Pharr bridge, officially the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge which opened in 1994, is a booming facility with truck and vehicle traffic last year totaling 1.92 million. From those vehicles, the bridge generates about $12 million in annual toll revenue. The Free Trade Bridge at Los Indios opened in 1992, and last year had 691,000 vehicles cross. It generates just over $2 million in annual tolls for its owners, the cities of Harlingen and San Benito, and Cameron County. What accounts for the disparate performances of the two bridges can be chalked up to some early canny decisions in Pharr, some good geographical luck and, in the case of Los Indios, more than two decades of neglect. |
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Post by Minion on Feb 20, 2017 13:44:23 GMT -6
Pharr Bridge breaks record for southbound truck crossings
The Pharr International Bridge recorded 47,660 southbound truck crossings in January, the most the bridge has ever had, according to the monthly crossings and revenue report. This is a 3,727 increase from January 2016.
The bridge had 117,900 total crossings, cars and trucks, in January, up 8,327 from last January. There have been 469,164 total crossings for the 2016-17 Fiscal Year, which started in October. That's a 20,539 increase from the first four months of the the 2015-16 Fiscal Year.
Pharr has the only full-service commercial bridge in the area, with empty and full trucks crossing north and south, as well as passenger vehicles. It is the top produce port of entry in the United States.
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Post by Minion on Apr 24, 2017 10:57:05 GMT -6
Record southbound truck crossings reported at Pharr bridge PHARR — As the Anzalduas International Bridge tries to earn its own southbound truck traffic, the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge had its highest month in memory, totaling 53,124 trucks in March. The Anzalduas Bridge, which is operated jointly by the cities of McAllen, Mission and Hidalgo, had 1,863 trucks cross southbound trucks in March, according to the monthly crossings and revenue report. The Anzalduas crossing began southbound empty truck traffic in August. “I have never seen this in my 22 years working with the city of Pharr, the Pharr Bridge,” said Fred Brouwen, director of bridge operations, about the record month. Pharr has the only full-service commercial bridge in the area, with empty and full trucks crossing north and south, as well as passenger vehicles. It is the top produce port of entry in the United States. Tony Martinez, Pharr Bridge board member, said numbers for watermelons and limes are currently up, and that 2017 will “be a record year.” www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_8ec00086-256c-11e7-9703-efb673390bf6.html
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Post by Minion on Sept 19, 2018 9:39:46 GMT -6
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Post by Granola on Sept 28, 2018 12:18:12 GMT -6
International bridge in Reynosa-Pharr border to double commercial lanes In order to increase the daily commercial traffic through the international bridge "Nuevo Amanecer," which links Reynosa, Tamaulipas, with Pharr, Texas, it is expected that the current ongoing expansion will be ready by October. According to Marcos Olivares Olvera, delegate of Caminos y Puentes Federales (Capufe), an agency in charge of managing international bridges, once the works are completed, the bridge will double the number of lanes for tractor trucks from four to eight, which will make international trade more fluid. Interviewed by Notimex, the official said that the expansion is part of a modernization program that includes high-tech equipment to expedite cargo inspections for which an investment of US$31.5 million has been allocated. Such investment, Olivares said, will be complemented by similar work on the U.S. side both in lanes and customs area. The official said that around 2,200 trucks cross every day through the bridge, a figure which could double once the work is finished. Last year, cargo operations at the nearby Laredo port of entry were limited for several weeks due to the damage at the premises caused by a devastating storm in late May, forcing auto suppliers and other companies to divert shipments to alternate border crossings. In order for repairs to take place, U.S. and Mexican authorities closed the World Trade Bridge connecting Nuevo Laredo and Laredo, Texas. Volkswagen, General Motors and Ford said at the time that the situation did not affect production but that logistics operations were under pressure to adjust. MexicoNow mexico-now.com/index.php/article/4554-international-bridge-in-reynosa-pharr-border-to-double-commercial-lanes
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Post by Granola on Oct 19, 2018 8:46:01 GMT -6
37,000 more trucks crossed northbound on Pharr bridge during 2017-18 fiscal year
PHARR — Despite the South Texas trade community’s concern a year ago about the future of free trade with Mexico, 643,313 trucks crossed northbound over the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge over the last 12 months, an increase of nearly 37,000 from the previous year.
“This time last year, we were 100 percent worried about NAFTA,” Tony Martinez, a Pharr bridge board member, said at Wednesday’s monthly board meeting.
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, was also uneasy about the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which was signed in 1994 and transformed the Rio Grande Valley economy.
“I’m a little concerned that the U.S. Trade Representative that is negotiating this does not appreciate the difficulty of getting this approved if they achieve a negotiated outcome,” Cornyn said in January after a speech in Weslaco.
But the 2017-18 fiscal year ended in September, marking a positive year of truck crossings at the Pharr bridge, which crosses more than 60 percent of all produce from Mexico into the United States. Pharr has the only full-service, commercial bridge in the area.
www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_e61443b8-d2d8-11e8-ad9e-73d023b6c2f0.html#tncms-source=infinity-scroll-summary-latest
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Post by miles on May 14, 2019 10:53:32 GMT -6
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Post by Minion on May 15, 2019 7:22:33 GMT -6
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Post by Granola on Nov 28, 2019 21:27:43 GMT -6
Records tumble as Pharr bridge celebrates its 25th Anniversary PHARR, RGV – As Pharr city leaders continue to celebrate the 25th year of operation for their international bridge, the latest WorldCity magazine rankings show the land port as No. 3 in Texas. Ken Roberts, publisher of WorldCity, was in Pharr recently to share the news. He pointed out that Pharr ranks as the No. 3 border crossing in the state of Texas, behind Laredo and El Paso, and 7th in the nation as a whole. Additionally, Pharr ranked No. 29 in the country among more than 450 airports, seaports and border crossings. And the bridge produced record trade figures for 2018, worth $35.4 billion. “The growth in Pharr’s trade over the last quarter century, while impressive, really impressive, merely serves to set the table for tomorrow and the enormous potential the city has to capture an ever-larger volume of exports and imports in the coming years,” Roberts told the Rio Grande Guardian. riograndeguardian.com/records-tumble-as-pharr-bridge-celebrates-its-25th-anniversary/ |
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Post by miles on Nov 30, 2019 0:52:02 GMT -6
Records tumble as Pharr bridge celebrates its 25th Anniversary PHARR, RGV – As Pharr city leaders continue to celebrate the 25th year of operation for their international bridge, the latest WorldCity magazine rankings show the land port as No. 3 in Texas. Ken Roberts, publisher of WorldCity, was in Pharr recently to share the news. He pointed out that Pharr ranks as the No. 3 border crossing in the state of Texas, behind Laredo and El Paso, and 7th in the nation as a whole. Additionally, Pharr ranked No. 29 in the country among more than 450 airports, seaports and border crossings. And the bridge produced record trade figures for 2018, worth $35.4 billion. “The growth in Pharr’s trade over the last quarter century, while impressive, really impressive, merely serves to set the table for tomorrow and the enormous potential the city has to capture an ever-larger volume of exports and imports in the coming years,” Roberts told the Rio Grande Guardian. riograndeguardian.com/records-tumble-as-pharr-bridge-celebrates-its-25th-anniversary/Wow. Way to go Pharr. No wonder McAllen has been trying so hard to get the commercial trucks back. |
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