TxDOT wants help in identifying the Valley’s biggest border bottlenecks

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is asking residents, businesses, and freight stakeholders across the border region to help identify transportation trouble spots as part of an update to the Texas-Mexico Border Transportation Master Plan.

The long-range plan guides future transportation investments tied to cross-border trade and travel across the Rio Grande Valley, which remains one of the busiest trade corridors along the U.S.-Mexico border, with billions of dollars in goods crossing annually through its ports of entry.

The plan evaluates how people and goods move through the Texas-Mexico border region and where infrastructure improvements may be needed in the years ahead.

As part of the update, TxDOT launched an interactive online map where users can flag areas tied to congestion, freight delays, unsafe intersections, rail crossings, flooding, poor road conditions, limited border access, and other transportation concerns.

The plan examines multiple transportation modes, including highways, transit, freight rail, airports, seaports, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, and international bridges.

TxDOT said the goal is to identify projects and priorities that improve safety, reliability, and efficiency for both passenger travel and commercial trade across the border region.

Public comments are anonymous and will remain open through May 27. 

As of this week, the interactive map had already received 145 public comments.