Civil and Municipal - Mar 2023

85 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 4, ISSUE 3 DOUGLAS , ARI ZONA operate its LPOE, customs agents, and those who work for the Department of Homeland Security’s border patrol. For years, Douglas has been planning a major renovation of its LPOE facilities and according to the federal government’s General Services Administration (GSA) feasibility study, a two-port solution was recommended a while back. “We would move the commercial traffic outside our current city limits (which, hopefully, within the next year would be within our city limits), to a place 4.5 miles west,” says Huish. “Then, we would also remodel the existing port of entry to better handle vehicles, tour buses, pedestrians, bicycles, etc. that cross the border on a day-in, day-out basis.” In 2020, the governments of the U.S. and Mexico jointly agreed to coordinate plans on both sides of the border, after conducting an exchange of Diplomatic Notes. Huish relates that the city was put on a priority