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A resolution of the City Council of Laredo, Texas, authorizing the City Manager to amend the application for the Small-Scale Donation Acceptance Program (DAP) Project for the Laredo World Trade Bridge.
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PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
On January 28, 2025, City Council approved resolution 2025-R-31 authorizing the City Manager to prepare all necessary documents for the submission of an application to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Donation Acceptance Program for the City of Laredo World Trade Bridge Port of Entry Expansion Project.
BACKGROUND
This is a proposal to amend the Small-Scale Donation Acceptance Program (DAP) Project that will connect the new northbound bridge being constructed as part of the Laredo World Trade Bridge Expansion Project to the pre-primary inspection area of the federal property at the Port of Entry (POE). The original proposal was tentatively selected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on March 26, 2025. This DAP Project is essential to the completion of this International Bridge Expansion Project, and the amendment is proposed to allow for the timely completion of the Expansion Project without unnecessary delays.
The Expansion Project was issued a Presidential Permit on May 31, 2024.The World Trade Bridge Expansion Project will construct an additional eight lane bridge for northbound traffic adjacent to the existing bridge. The Expansion Project will also construct an additional two lanes for south bound traffic on the north side of the existing bridge, which will be entirely on City owned property, outside of the POE and thus will not be part of this DAP Project. The Expansion Project is fully supported by CBP, as it will facilitate the throughput of traffic at the World Trade Bridge POE, the nation's number 1 commercial crossing. Planning for the Expansion Project is well underway.
The City has submitted the Final Conceptual Plans and 2D HEC-RAS Flood Baseline Study to the U.S. Section of the U.S.-Mexico...
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