1. COORDINATED BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM

2. SAFETEA-LU Signed August 10, 2005 Created CBI program from Border/Corridor discretionary program from TEA-21 Authorized a total of $14.47 billion for Texas, about $211.8 million for CBI

3. SAFETEA-LU Criteria within 100 miles of a border For –  Improvements to existing infrastructure  Construction of highways, safety related to international trade  Operational improvements, including ITS

4. SAFETEA-LU Criteria (con’t)  Modifications to regulatory procedures  International coordination of transportation planning, programming, and border operation Federal share generally 80%

5. SAFETEA-LU Formula Funds apportioned among border states based on factors related to the movement of people and goods through the land border ports of entry within the boundaries of the State

6. SAFETEA-LU Formula 20% - # of incoming commercial trucks 30% - # of incoming personal motor vehicles & buses 25% - weight of incoming cargo by commercial trucks 25% - # of land border POE

7. Texas TEA Convened working group in Oct. 2005 Invited representatives from TxDOT districts and MPOs within 100 miles of Texas/Mexico border

9. Working Group TxDOT Districts  El Paso  Odessa  Laredo  San Antonio  Pharr  Corpus Christi  San Angelo  Austin Texas MPOs  El Paso  Laredo  Harlingen-San Benito  Brownsville  Hidalgo

10. Meeting Discussion Centered around –  proximity requirements and  formula for distribution among the districts

12. Texas’ Formula Same as the Federal except for use of border crossings vs. port of entry  20% # of incoming commercial trucks  30% # of incoming personal motor vehicles & buses  25% weight of incoming cargo by commercial trucks  25% # of border crossing points

13. 20%30%25% City TxDOT Distric t Incoming Trucks (#) 1 % Incoming Personal Vehicles & Buses (#) 1 % Weight (short ton) 2 % Land Border Crossing s (#) 3 #/% of Crossings per TxDOT District 3 Total % El Paso 719,545 14,834,757 3,618,371.87 4 FabensEl Paso023.9%651,00735.3%018.7%2726.9%26.788% PresidioEl Paso7,433 718,535 100,910.60 1 Del RioLaredo64,061 1,882,065 328,834.60 2 Eagle PassLaredo100,10051.3%3,581,39426.6%629,557.6360.0%2830.8%40.934% Laredo 1,391,850 6,763,021 10,966,338.02 4 Brownsville-Cameron Co.Pharr226,289 7,221,272 1,255,112.50 4 HidalgoPharr454,351 7,216,375 2,676,918.39 2 ProgresoPharr23,06424.8%1,121,23338.1%6,029.8121.3%11142.3%32.278% Rio Grande CityPharr40,815 692,329 287,072.07 2 RomaPharr8,510 1,225,390 3,970.29 2

14. Distribution of Funds

15. Eligibility Form FHWA requests that the states complete a form for each project describing how the project meets the criteria for the program TxDOT adds questions regarding the goals and strategies

16. Projects to Date No eligibility forms submitted to FHWA 4 forms under review Rumors of about 10 more projects in the works

17. Projects to Date (con’t.) El Paso  Equip 30 commercial vehicles with ITS and security systems and to upgrade the engines to run on alternative fuels

18. Projects to Date (Con’t.) Pharr –  Parking lot at the Los Indios Free Trade International Bridge  Widen FM 1015 to 4-Lane Divided  Build a concrete perimeter road at Progresso International Bridge

19. Questions or Comments? Bureau of Transportation Statistics websites = http://www.transtats.bts.gov/BorderCro ssing.aspx http://www.transtats.bts.gov/BorderCro ssing.aspx http://www.bts.gov/programs/internatio nal/transborder/prod.html http://www.bts.gov/programs/internatio nal/transborder/prod.html