One of the challenges ahead for the Cali-Baja region is to have infrastructure that helps improve border crossings, due to the exponential growth that the industry has had.

"There is a very favorable situation that had not been seen for many years and the result is being seen to land these projects such as the Otay II checkpoint and the double deck of the airport towards Playas de Tijuana," said Gustavo de la Fuente, general director of Smart Border Coalition.

The director mentioned that the Mexican government already has the budget for both projects, about 4,300 million pesos, where the Otay II checkpoint will take around 2,800 million.

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He explained that there will be an access road that will connect the checkpoint with Las Torres Boulevard, which will be concessioned, and that NadBank will be the custodian of the toll revenues from that new checkpoint.

He indicated that these resources will be divided between Mexico and the United States, and it is estimated that the site will be ready in 2024.

"Even Ambassador Ken Salazar set the challenge of finishing in 2023, which was taken very seriously by both countries, but it is a project that is coming very strongly and we are convinced that it will be carried out," said Gustavo de la Fuente. .

In that sense, he noted that the government of San Diego and California visualize the opportunities that are at the door, given the boom in the industry on both sides of the border.

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"Now we have to see how we are going to connect those industrial parks that are emerging in Tijuana to the border crossing, and that is where the Smart Border Coalition is focusing, on how to speed up that dynamic," he argued.

For her part, Edna Patricia Hernández, director of Economic and Industrial Development of Tijuana (Deitac), highlighted that Tijuana has experienced a very important growth in investments, exceeding 85 million square feet in industrial absorption, with 63 operations: 15 new companies and 48 expansions.

"Our goal is to reach the same numbers as the previous year, even surpassing them, which is why real estate projects are already beginning to take shape both for this 2022 and for 2023," he stressed.

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