Sent to us by Dorothy who said: This is all with the North American Union. I expect to see Chinese Troops coming down this road that is being built by American dollars.
Sierra Vista Herald – by CAROL BROEDER
WILLCOX — A district engineer from the Arizona Department of Transportation is scheduled to speak in Sunsites April 8 regarding changes to Highway 191.
ADOT Senior Engineer Bill Harmon, who will make a presentation at the The Pearce/Sunsites Chamber of Commerce meeting beginning at 5:45 p.m. at the Sunsites Community Center, 1270 Treasure Road, in Sunsites.
Issues to be discussed include “the increasing heavy truck traffic being brought on by North American Free Trade Agreement provisions that have now gone into effect along with the addition to widening the shoulders on Highway 191, Baker said.
The Highway 191 improvements are scheduled to be completed in three stages:
1) From Highway 181 to Old Pearce Road.
2) From Old Pearce Road to the AEPCO power plant.
3) From the AEPCO power plant to Interstate 10.
Harmon will talk about the long term planning and staging of all three segments of the improvements on Highway 191. He will also answer questions from the audience after his presentation.
“I think this is the biggest game-changing issue this town has faced in many years, and we all need to prepare questions for Bill,” said chamber president Murray McClelland. “The 800-pound gorilla in the room is still the bridge over the railroad tracks north of town. In talking to some other business owners around Sunsites, Willcox and Benson, the idea of eliminating the bridge all together and replace it with a double track crossing — similar to what we currently have in Dragoon — might be a time and money saving proposition.I believe ADOT may appreciate some feedback on this issue.”
“ADOT, U.S. Customs and the Mexican Department of Commerce all clearly realize that Nogales has become a complete bottleneck of incoming freight traffic and they are all looking to the Douglas Port of Entry to relieve the pressure,” said McClelland, adding that he met with a representative of the American Chamber of Commerce Mexico in November 2013 in Sierra Vista.
“The new customs terminal in Douglas is now open and operational,” said McClelland, adding, “You can see it from Highway 191 as you approach the Highway 80 left hand turn lane on the east side. As of January 2014, NAFTA will allow Mexican and Canadian trucks to cross the U.S border. to deliver and pickup freight,” he stated. “All foreign trucks and drivers must be able to meet U.S. safety requirements “I firmly believe now is the time for all of us to work together and take full advantage of what virtually may be coming down the road at us.”
The amount of heavy truck traffic on Highway 191 will be substantially increasing over the next several years due to NAFTA, as well as traffic from the Commonwealth Mine if it becomes operational,, noted McClelland.
For further information, call (520) 826-7704.
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