Here’s the problem with that- the corridor includes these “inland ports” with special border rules. Kansas City, for example.
This is a statement quoted in a Human Events article from 6-26-06: “The Kansas City Area Development Council has directly confirmed that the Kansas City SmartPort intends to build a Mexican customs facility to facilitate out-going traffic headed to Mexico….The Kansas City SmartPort brochure could not be more explicit: ‘Kansas City offers the opportunity for sealed cargo containers to travel to Mexican port cities with virtually no border delays. It will streamline shipments from Asia.’”
They’ve since changed the propaganda on their site: http://www.nascocorridor.com/naipn/pages/kc_projects.html
I’m currently looking for the exact legislation that addresses this. So far, I’ve found nothing.
By the way, here’s a good search- yields all kinds of stuff: http://www.google.com/search?as_q=border&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&cr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nascocorridor.com&as_rights=&safe=images
I don’t see it that way. Conspiracy theories aside having a highway for truck and bus traffic that steers them around cities would relieve some of the traffic in the downtown areas and help those commuters. Being a toll road would mean those businesses using it would be paying for it instead of taxpayers. Another good thing for taxpayers. Nafta has been passed we either have to resend it or make it work for us. I recall that part of the argument against it was the dangerous Mexican truck causing all sorts of carnage and that has not happened so far.