The El Paso trade corridor is one of the busiest on the Texas-Mexico border. More than 800,000 trucks and billions of dollars in parts and merchandise come across three border crossings every year.
But one of those portals is likely to shut down for good in late 2027 due to repairs, upgrades and the need to get polluting big rigs out of some El Paso neighborhoods.
That’s where the renovated but underutilized Marcelino Serna port of entry in Tornillo, Texas, east of El Paso comes in.
In this episode of Border Report Live, El Paso County Commissioner Precinct 2 David Stout has been championing taking the trucks of the Bridge of the Americas in the Chamizal area of South Central El Paso and routing them to Tornillo.
