EL PASO -- Those torturous lines at international bridges are bad for business.
They keep pedestrians, cars and commercial trucks waiting up to 90 minutes to cross into El Paso, and that can hurt the economy, City Council members say.
In a meeting last week, members of the council's transportation committee said long waits at international ports of entry are among the most critical problems affecting El Paso. They said steps should be taken to get people, cars and products through more efficiently.
"People talk about Fort Bliss and the Medical Center of the Americas as economic catalysts for our region, and they certainly are," said city Rep. Beto O'Rourke, committee chairman. "But Mexico has been and will continue to be the biggest factor in the economy of El Paso."
Measuring waiting times at the international bridges is a complicated and inexact science.
(Posted by Alejandra Franco)
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