Brownsville Herald
The Port of Brownsville held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday for the nearly two-mile-long South Port Connector Road, which officially opens to traffic on March 7.
The new road links S.H. 4 to the port south of the Brownsville Ship Channel.
The Port of Brownsville held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday for the nearly two-mile-long South Port Connector Road, which officially opens to traffic on March 7.
The new road links S.H. 4 to the port south of the Brownsville Ship Channel.
Collaborating on the project were the Brownsville Navigation District (BND), Cameron County and the county’s Regional Mobility Authority, the Rio Grande Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Texas Department of Transportation, all of whom provided funding for the $25.6 million project, meant to improve port access and reduce truck traffic in the Brownsville area.
BND Board Chairman Sergio Tito Lopez commemorated the occasion by driving a truck through a ceremonial ribbon, officially opening the road for domestic and international trade.
“The Port of Brownsville is committed to investing in infrastructure to meet the growing business needs of our region for today and tomorrow,” he said. “Thousands of workers depend on the first-rate logistics services provided by the port as the leading economic engine of the Rio Grande Valley. I commend our partners involved in the project for contributing greatly to the success of the construction of this road.”
The South Port Connector provides a direct route to commercial traffic to and from Veterans International Bridge. Although the project was in the works long before SpaceX announced it was coming to Boca Chica, the road will also facilitate movement of equipment, supplies and components for SpaceX’s operations.
BND Board Chairman Sergio Tito Lopez commemorated the occasion by driving a truck through a ceremonial ribbon, officially opening the road for domestic and international trade.
“The Port of Brownsville is committed to investing in infrastructure to meet the growing business needs of our region for today and tomorrow,” he said. “Thousands of workers depend on the first-rate logistics services provided by the port as the leading economic engine of the Rio Grande Valley. I commend our partners involved in the project for contributing greatly to the success of the construction of this road.”
The South Port Connector provides a direct route to commercial traffic to and from Veterans International Bridge. Although the project was in the works long before SpaceX announced it was coming to Boca Chica, the road will also facilitate movement of equipment, supplies and components for SpaceX’s operations.
13 comments:
Ho-hum.
Bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo.
Gimme news from the cantinas, quotes from the cantineras!
eso. tu si sabes.
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Is there a rule they have to put SpaceX in every story?
$26.5 million for two miles.
These California Latino farmers have built success. Can it survive for their children?
Not if los rinches relocate to kalifas, YA VALIO...
Its for racing.
Woman in the bottom photo: I used to have a shower curtain just like her blouse.
truth.
Is this the road to find the invisible bridge to no where? So much money for a couple of miles, are they building more fancy bike and hike trails to no where too? Stupid Brownsville, Stupid County.
March 6, 2022 at 6:57 PM
and stupid voters...
This hwy is a joke. it is still closed and no one is going to use it enough to pay for itself in 200 years. Somebody needed a contract to make millions off the tax payers.
I have to agree with 8.51 am, the cost is quite pricey at $26.5 million for 2 miles while the average cost per mile is around $1.5 to 2.0 or even 3.0 million and not $13.25 million per mile, looks like they hired one of those special contractors from the La Joya, Penitas, Palmview , mission area or what?
Would of been cheaper to pave it with gold
March 7, 2022 at 1:52 PM
Actually it was Bill Bob Rey's Night Construction Co. Inc. llc, lld, xyz.
El coco at the port recomented the bid from this aaaah business.
pinche mamon somebody needs to fire this coco.
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