U.S., Canada Announce Joint Border Infrastructure Investment Plan
In the latest move in the U.S.-Canada Beyond the Border initiative, the two countries released a Border Infrastructure Investment Plan May 30, billed as a mechanism for mutual understanding of all border infrastructure investments that the two countries will use…
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to coordinate their border upgrade plans. The BIIP will be updated and released each year. U.S. and Canadian officials said the plan will reduce wait times, increase border traffic and help create jobs. “This first, joint U.S.-Canada binational plan shows that our collaborative approach to border planning, which includes feedback from our local partners, will serve both of our countries well and ensures that we are working together on our common interests,” said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in a statement. Canada and the U.S. began work on the Beyond the Border initiative in 2011 (read more here). BIIP and other aspects of the initiative are designed to benefit the integrated economies of the U.S. and Canada, "which depend on the fluid movement of commercial and non-commercial traffic across our border," said a Department of Homeland Security statement.