Let's face it. We're a border and port city.
That means that there will be trucks on the road the better part of the day whenever you hit the highwy. Whether you're downtown on Tenth Street, on the way to the beach ob South Padre Island Highway, by the Port of Brownsvile or on the way to Mass at Guadalupe Church on Lincoln Street, trucks, trucks, trucks are everywhere.
Many of our fellow residents make their living driving them, operating them, servivicing them, selling parts, fuel and lubricants to maintain them, and even selling food, clothjing and lodging toe those who make a living driving them to all parts of the United States and itno Mexico.We have an Overweight Load Corridor designation, money in the bank to construct highway loops that will eventually remove them from inner-city routes past schools and neighborhoods, and more and more projects on the planning boards to accomodate the increase in traffic projected when infrastructure projects on both sides of the border finally unite both economies with world markets through I-69 and the Port of Brownsville.
In the meantime, keep a sharp eye for the trucks and 18-wheelers lumbering though our streets and thoroughfares. Their economic importance means that they will be around for some time to come. Happy motoring.
3 comments:
Good thing the picture is not one of my trucks. Si no I will take one of your pictures Juanito....
Trucks on the streets are a good sign the economy is working; both the free enterprise economy and the black market economy. My hat is off to the men and women who spend their lives on the road.
Great for commerce, but watch out for the West End loop gang. They tried to quietly shove a toll road by posting Bville tax payer as collateral with infrastructure improvement you can bet they will be backout with their hands out again.
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