EL PASO, Texas ( KTSM ) — El Paso County Commissioner David Stout is asking the Commissioners Court to approve a letter supporting the federal government’s proposal to move ahead with renovations at the Bridge of the Americas port of entry that would prohibit future commerical traffic.
On Sept. 20, the U.S. General Services Administration released its draft Environmental Impact Statement on the project and picked a “no-commercial traffic” alternative.
BOTA project moving ahead with ‘no-commercial traffic’ alternative
According to the GSA, the public now has 45 days to comment on the draft EIS. That comment period will end at 10:59 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on Nov. 4.
The draft EIS analyzes in detail the three remaining alternatives — one that includes commercial traffic, one that eliminates commercial traffic, and one that examines if no improvements are made to the port of entry.
GSA currently identifies the “no-commercial traffic” alternative as the one that “would best meet the requirements of the federal government while addressing the social, economic, and environmental impacts of the project,” the agency said at the time of its announcement.