[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 110 (Thursday, June 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30327-30328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14000]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Office of the Secretary
[Public Notice 2219]


New International Railroad Bridge, Laredo, Texas: Issuance of 
Presidential Permit

SUMMARY: The Department of State is announcing the issuance to the 
Union Pacific Railroad/Missouri Pacific Railroad Company of a 
Presidential Permit for a new international railroad bridge between 
Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The Permit was 
issued on May 11, 1995, pursuant to the International Bridge Act of 
1972 (33 U.S.C. 535 et seq.) and E.O. 11423, 33 FR 11741 (1968) as 
amended by E.O. 12847, 58 FR 29511 (1993).

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Presidential Permit may be obtained from 
Stephen R. Gibson, Coordinator, U.S.-Mexico Border Affairs, Office of 
Mexican Affairs, room 4258, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20520 
(Telephone 202-647-8529).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of the application by the Union 
Pacific Railroad for a permit to build a new international railroad 
bridge across the Rio Grande between Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, 
Tamaulipas, Mexico was published in the Federal Register on April 7, 
1994, at 59 FR 16682. The new railroad bridge will be located 6.5 miles 
northwest of the existing international railroad crossing at Laredo. 
The project will involve approximately 1.7 miles of new track on the 
United States side of the Rio Grande, the construction of a 1,169-foot 
bridge spanning the river and 8.95 miles of new track in Mexico. The 
number of rail cars using the present downtown bridge increased from 
50,000 in 1989 to 100,000 in 1993. It is expected that the new bridge 
will eliminate about 90 percent of Union Pacific rail traffic from 
downtown Laredo, reduce inconvenience to the public due to blocked 
crossings, and allow for anticipated future rail traffic growth 
generated by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The 
application for the Presidential Permit was reviewed and approved by 
over 20 federal and state agencies.

     [[Page 30328]] Date: June 2, 1995.
Stephen R. Gibson,
Coordinator, U.S.-Mexico Border Affairs, Office of Mexican Affairs.
[FR Doc. 95-14000 Filed 6-7-95; 8:45 am]
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