While millions of passenger vehicles cross the Anzalduas International Bridge each year, the crossing still lacks its federal cargo inspection facility, now two years behind schedule and unlikely to open before spring 2026.

Teclo Garcia, the CEO of the Mission Economic Development Corporation (Mission EDC), said he recently learned of the latest delay in the commercial opening of the bridge’s cargo facilities.

“The facilities are about 95 percent complete,” Garcia said. “(U.S. Customs and Border Protection) has specialized machinery and X-ray equipment they need to get here, and then get personnel trained on it, and that’s what’s taking up time.”

The future inspection facility is key to gaining profitable truck traffic.