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El Paso/Santa Teresa–Chihuahua Border Master Plan Table of Contents List of Figures ............................................................................................................................ iii List of Tables ............................................................................................................................ viii List of Acronyms ........................................................................................................................ xi Executive Summary .............................................................................................................. ES-1 Chapter 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Purpose of Study ........................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Decision-Making Structure .......................................................................................... 1-2 1.3 Scope of Work ................................................................................................................ 1-6 1.4 Definition of Study Area and Horizons ................................................................... 1-14 1.5 Organization of This Report ...................................................................................... 1-16 Chapter 2. State of the Practice for POE and Transportation Infrastructure Planning ............................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Transportation Border Infrastructure Planning Practices: United States ............. 2-2 2.2 Transportation Infrastructure Planning Practices: Mexico ................................... 2-13 2.3 Cross-Border Planning Practices for Transportation Infrastructure and POEs .............................................................................................................................. 2-18 2.4 POE Planning Practices: United States .................................................................... 2-19 2.5 POE Planning Practices: Mexico ............................................................................... 2-22 2.6 Summary of Planning Processes and Practices for New POEs ............................ 2-27 2.7 Project Selection, Prioritization, and Funding ........................................................ 2-28 2.8 Public Participation ..................................................................................................... 2-38 2.9 Other Study Area Considerations ............................................................................ 2-41 2.10 Concluding Remarks ................................................................................................ 2-51 Chapter 3. Demographic, Socio-economic, and Land Use Profile .................................. 3-1 3.1 U.S. Demographic and Socio-economic Characteristics .......................................... 3-1 3.2 U.S. Trade Corridors ................................................................................................... 3-14 3.3 Mexico’s Demographic and Socio-economic Characteristics ............................... 3-18 3.4 Mexico’s Trade Corridors .......................................................................................... 3-31 3.5 Binational North-South Trade Corridors ................................................................ 3-41 3.6 Concluding Remarks .................................................................................................. 3-43 Chapter 4. Current POEs and Related Transportation Facilities .................................... 4-1 4.1 Texas/Mexico—Presidio/Ojinaga ................................................................................ 4-5 4.2 Texas/Mexico—Hudspeth/Práxedis G. Guerrero ................................................... 4-15 4.3 Texas/Mexico—El Paso/Guadalupe ......................................................................... 4-19 i El Paso/Santa Teresa–Chihuahua Border Master Plan 4.4 Texas/Mexico—El Paso/Juárez .................................................................................. 4-23 4.5 New Mexico/Mexico—Doña Ana/Juárez ................................................................ 4-54 4.6 Concluding Remarks .................................................................................................. 4-63 Chapter 5. POE and Transportation Infrastructure Priorities ......................................... 5-1 5.1 Ranking Framework ..................................................................................................... 5-1 5.2 Project Prioritization/Ranking ..................................................................................... 5-4 5.3 El Paso County .............................................................................................................. 5-5 5.4 Presidio County ........................................................................................................... 5-29 5.5 Doña Ana County ....................................................................................................... 5-33 5.6 Municipality of Juárez ................................................................................................ 5-40 5.7 Municipalities of Guadalupe and Práxedis G. Guerrero ...................................... 5-58 5.8 Municipality of Ojinaga ............................................................................................. 5-61 5.9 POE Projects Requiring Binational Coordination .................................................. 5-69 5.10 Planned U.S. Projects in Focused Study Area ....................................................... 5-70 5.11 Planned Mexico Projects in Focused Study Area ................................................. 5-86 5.12 Concluding Remarks ................................................................................................ 5-96 Chapter 6. Study Summary and Recommendations ......................................................... 6-1 6.1 Stakeholder Participation ............................................................................................. 6-1 6.2 Technical Data/Information ......................................................................................... 6-3 6.3 Recommendations ......................................................................................................... 6-4 Appendix A—Work Plan Appendix B—Agenda and Minutes Appendix C—Public Comments Appendix D—El Paso Regional Ports of Entry Operations Plan Recommendations Appendix E—Criteria Definition and Scoring Metrics Appendix F—Ranking Spreadsheets ii El Paso/Santa Teresa–Chihuahua Border Master Plan List of Figures Figure ES.1: Border Master Plan Focused Study Area ........................................................ xxi Figure ES.2: Location of Bridges/Crossings in Focused Study Area ............................... xxiii Figure ES.3: Highest Ranked POE, Road and Interchange, and Rail Projects by U.S. County and Mexican Municipality .................................................................. xxxi Figure 1.1: Border Master Plan Study Area ......................................................................... 1-15 Figure 2.1: Planning Levels and Mandates ........................................................................... 2-1 Figure 2.2: Transportation Planning and Programming Process in Texas ....................... 2-3 Figure 2.3: Key TxDOT Transportation Planning Documents ........................................... 2-4 Figure 2.4: NMDOT’s Project Development Flow through STIP Stage ............................ 2-7 Figure 2.5: NMDOT’s Project Development Flow Starting at Environmental Assessment Stage .......................................................................................................... 2-8 Figure 2.6: EPMPO Jurisdiction ............................................................................................ 2-10 Figure 2.7: New Mexico’s RPOs ............................................................................................ 2-12 Figure 2.8: Interaction among Relevant Mexican Planning Documents ......................... 2-14 Figure 2.9: SCT Project Portfolio Development .................................................................. 2-15 Figure 2.10: SCT Project Selection: Planning Process ........................................................ 2-16 Figure 2.11: Cross-Border Planning for Transportation Infrastructure .......................... 2-18 Figure 2.12: PP Process and Timeline................................................................................... 2-20 Figure 2.13: CBP Planning Documents ................................................................................ 2-21 Figure 2.14: Mexico´s POE Planning Process (Simplified) ................................................ 2-24 Figure 2.15: New POE Binational Planning Process—Part 1 ............................................ 2-27 Figure 2.16: New POE Binational Planning Process—Part 2 ............................................ 2-28 Figure 2.17: Fund 6—The State Highway Fund ................................................................. 2-32 Figure 2.18: SCT’s Decision Tree for Prioritizing Transportation Projects ..................... 2-35 Figure 2.19: Mexico’s Two-Step Project Selection Process ................................................ 2-36 Figure 2.20: Rail Yard Improvement: Chihuahuita