The new port was approved with bipartisan support and received funding from an infrastructure bill in 2019, with initial funding provided by that same legislation.
The existing port of entry, now nearly 90 years old, serves about 31,000 commercial vehicles each year, and was determined to lack the capacity to handle that volume of traffic.
Ducey says the 'two-port solution' is a component of larger plans to develop the Douglas International Commercial Corridor, and will included increased development near the new port of entry. The downtown crossing should see relief from commercial truck traffic once the new port opens—an improvement, according to Ducey, for commuters, visitors and pedestrians.
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