EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Advocates for the planned commercial-truck ban at the Bridge of the Americas (BOTA) port of entry questioned a Mexican industry group’s formal complaint that the ban could lead to negative environmental impacts for other Juarez and El Paso residents.
BOTA closing will worsen air pollution in Juarez, Lower Valley
According to Border Report, the National Association of Mexican Importers and Exporters (ANIERM) filed an objection under U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) rules with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation last April.
The CEC — created under the USMCA trade agreement to monitor compliance with environmental laws — is now reviewing the complaint.
Residents in South-Central El Paso near BOTA had been advocating for the commercial-vehicle ban for years. They cited decades of alleged air pollution from idle trucks at the bridge, harming their communities…