Lege: Addressing Bridge Safety and Efficiency Through Economic Inspectors

How did addressing a business interest help bridge traffic flow problems? Senate Bill 797/House Bill 979 from 2015 created a grant program to fund pay for more agricultural inspectors at Texas’ border bridges.

The grant fund program helps the agriculture business and the traffic flow on the bridges? Yes, by not slowing bridge traffic with understaffed agriculture inspectors, the congestion at international trade bridges is alleviated.

How does the money flow? The Texas Department of Agriculture Trade Agricultural Inspection Grant Program awarded a grant to the South Texas Assets Consortium that in turn funds more agriculture inspectors for the international trade bridges.

Rio Grande Guardian | STATE PROVIDES FUNDING FOR MORE BORDER BRIDGE AG INSPECTORS