Transcript Texas Border and Corridor Activties

Border to Border Transportation
Conference 2007
Texas Department of Transportation
International Cross - Border
Coordination Efforts
International Relations Office
Mission
Assist Commission, Administration,
Districts, Divisions and Offices
achieve the TxDOT mission through
support on international issues
International Relations Office
Organizational Chart
Agustin De La Rosa
Director
Letty von Rossum
Executive Assistant
Leo Matías
Program Specialist
Manuela Ortiz
Program Specialist
Esther Hitzfelder
Program Specialist
Sasha Russell
Program Specialist
International Relations Office
Major Areas of Responsibility
 Border Governor’s Conference
 Border Interagency Work Group
 Border Technology Exchange Program
 Border Trade Advisory Committee
 International Visitors
 US-Mexico Bi-national Bridges & Border Crossing Grp.
 US-Mexico Joint Working Committee
 Meetings with our Mexican Counterparts
Border Governors’ Conference
CA
AZ
NM
BC
TxDOT sits on the
Border Crossings
Worktable
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CHIH
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TAM
 10 Governors – US & Mexican Border States
 Last BGC in Austin, TX (August 2006)
 Next BGC in Sonora, Mexico (September 2007)
Border Governors’ Conference
Work Tables
 Discuss topics of mutual interest and concern
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Agriculture
Border Crossings
Economic Development
Education
Environment
Energy
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Health
Tourism
Security
Science & Technology
Water
Wildlife
Border Interagency
Work Group
 Composed of 17 state agencies that deal with border
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issues.
Establish an ongoing dialogue relating to border
affairs.
Discuss and monitor major issues.
Identify interagency coordination & collaboration.
Develop a profile of border and cross-border activities,
initiatives and policies.
Offer short courses to assist state employees in their
work with Mexico and the border.
Border Technology
Exchange Program
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Created in 1994 by the US-Mexico Joint Working
Committee
Programs between US & Mexican Border States
Texas works with Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon,
Coahuila, and Chihuahua
Work with Mexican state transportation agencies,
state universities & SCT Centers
Technology Transfer Centers
Funding
Conferences & Activities
Border Trade
Advisory Committee
 Senate Bill 183, 79th Legislature
 Define & develop strategies & make recommendations
 Address the highest priority border trade transportation
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challenges
Meetings in July and September of 2006
Border Trade Advisory Committee Report (11/16/2006)
Identified Trade Transportation Corridors, Coordination
with Mexico, Safety & Security Measures, and Economic
Benefits of International Trade
Chaired by Deputy Secretary of State (Border Commerce
Coordinator)
29 members (Bridge Owners, Mayors, Universities, Federal
Agencies, RMA’s)
International
Visitors
Mexican Visitors 08/29/2006
 IRO is the coordinating office
 Most delegations from Mexico & China.
 1,676 visitors from over 40 countries since 1994
 Usually 1 - 2 day visits
 IRO prepares cultural briefings for TxDOT staff before visits
 Short and long-term visits for exchange of expertise – currently
planning various long-term visits from China
 International inquiries on a wide range of issues
US-Mexico Binational Bridges &
Border Crossings Group
 Group was formed in 1981.
 The IRO represents TxDOT in this group.
 Group consists of representatives from the various
U.S. and Mexican federal and state government
agencies who have interests at the border.
 Group meets twice a year to discuss:
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Proposed border crossings
Status / needs of current border crossing facilities
Presentations by Bridge Sponsors
 Border Walks to view bridge operations.
US-Mexico Joint
Working Committee
 Created in ’94 by a MOU between the US & MX
 Forum for the coordination of border
transportation planning and programming
activities along the US-Mexico border.
 Medium for discussing other binational border
area transportation issues.
 Composed of representatives of FHWA, SCT, SRE,
DOS, DHS, Aduana, GSA, INDAABIN, Border
State Departments of Transportation.
US Mexico Joint
Working Committee
Current Work Plan Includes:
 BGIS/BINSII
 Border Information
 Bi-national Safety
Conscious Planning
Seminar
Flow Architecture
 Regional Border
Master Plan
 Border Wizard Pilot
 Regional Operations
 Bottleneck Study
Model
 Innovative Finance
 Border wait-time
measurement
Meetings with Mexican
Counterparts
 TxDOT Border Districts
 Trans Texas Corridor
 Senate Bill 569
 Cross - Border Transportation and
Infrastructure Reports
Agustin “Gus” De La Rosa
Director
International Relations Office
Texas Department of Transportation
Phone: 512-374-5326
Fax: 512-374-5325
Email: [email protected]