Alliance River Crossing http://www.alliancerivercrossing.com Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:13:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 President Calderon officially opens Donna-Rio Bravo bridge http://www.alliancerivercrossing.com/president-calderon-officially-opens-donna-rio-bravo-bridge/ http://www.alliancerivercrossing.com/president-calderon-officially-opens-donna-rio-bravo-bridge/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:33:15 +0000 admin http://www.alliancerivercrossing.com/?p=460245 By Bill Rovira, Rio Grande Guardian
RIO BRAVO, Mexico, Dec. 15 – Under heavy security, Mexican President, Filipe Calderon Hinojosa presided over the opening ceremonies of the Donna-Rio Bravo international bridge on Tuesday.

The inauguration was he culmination of a project that began back in the years of the Jimmy Carter administration that had been delayed over the years by economics, lost paperwork and a lack of priority given to it by previous governments on either side of the border.

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]]> http://www.alliancerivercrossing.com/bridge-is-now-open/feed/ 0 Presidential Permit Issued http://www.alliancerivercrossing.com/presidential-permit-issued/ http://www.alliancerivercrossing.com/presidential-permit-issued/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:35:29 +0000 admin http://www.alliancerivercrossing.com/?p=30 A Presidential Permit has been issued to allow unrestricted commercial traffic.  Truck crossings can start as soon as the U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspection facilities are built (expected to be completed in 2011).

]]> http://www.alliancerivercrossing.com/presidential-permit-issued/feed/ 0 Alliance River Crossing Breaks Ground http://www.alliancerivercrossing.com/alliance-river-crossing-breaks-ground/ http://www.alliancerivercrossing.com/alliance-river-crossing-breaks-ground/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 21:18:28 +0000 admin http://www.alliancerivercrossing.com/?p=1 The Alliance International Bridge will open November 2010, providing the fastest route into the Rio Grande Valley from the interior of Mexico.

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