JUAREZ, CHIH – Starting August 7, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers will begin processing commercial traffic at the Marcelino Serna port of entry. The cargo area originally opened in March 2016, however, operations were temporarily suspended in May 2017 due to limited traffic.
According to CBP, the decision was made to resume commercial services following the completion of the Samalayuca toll road in Mexico as of June 2023. The new road serves as a route for cars and trucks travelling from the state of Chihuahua directly to the border at the Marcelino Serna port of entry and bypasses traffic in the Juarez area.
Upon completion of the toll road, industry stakeholders as well as Mexican officials approached CBP to request the resumption of commercial traffic through the port, to which CBP agreed.
“This state-of-the-art port of entry was built with the future in mind and can be expanded to meet the demands of the trade community,” said CBP’s acting director of field operations, Ray Provencio.
The cargo area will initially be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Facility hours may change based on demand and usage. Trade officials anticipate that up to 300 trucks per week will initially use the port once service resumes.
CBP officers working in five commercial cargo areas within the El Paso Field Office area of operations processed 1,026,800 commercial shipments during FY 2022, including 654,213 trucks at the Ysleta crossing and 183,743 at the Bridge of the Americas cargo lot. The remainder of the commercial traffic was processed at cargo facilities at the ports of Presidio, Santa Teresa and Columbus.
The Marcelino Serna port of entry originally opened to automobile and pedestrian traffic in November 2014. Originally called the Tornillo-Guadalupe Port of Entry, but renamed for decorated World War I veteran Marcelino Serna in April 2017, it is located on 117 acres and replaced the nearby Fabens International Bridge.
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