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mahatmakanejeeves

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Wed Jun 11, 2025, 09:05 AM Wednesday

Trump Permit Authorizes Green Corridors, LLC, to Construct Commercial Elevated Guideway at Laredo TX Border Crossing

Trump Permit Authorizes Green Corridors, LLC, to Construct Commercial Elevated Guideway at Laredo TX Border Crossing

I hope ProPublica or one of those online newspapers in Texas looks into the cast of characters running this company. If it involves Trump, it’s shady.

PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS
Presidential Permit Authorizing Green Corridors, LLC, to Construct, Maintain, and Operate a Commercial Elevated Guideway Border Crossing Near Laredo, Texas, at the International Boundary Between the United States and Mexico

Presidential Memoranda
June 9, 2025

By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States of America (the “President”), I hereby grant permission, subject to the conditions set forth herein, to Green Corridors, LLC (the “Permittee”), to construct, maintain, and operate a commercial elevated guideway crossing located on the United States border with Mexico in Laredo, Texas, as described in the “Presidential Permit Application: Green Corridors Intelligent Freight Transportation System” dated October 3, 2024, by the Permittee to the Secretary of State and made complete with additional information provided by the Permittee on February 14, 2025 (collectively, the “Application”), in accordance with 33 U.S.C. 535d and associated procedures.

The term “Border facilities” as used in this permit consists of the elevated guideway and bridge over the Rio Grande which connects inland terminals near Monterrey, Mexico, in the state of Nuevo Leon and near Interstate 35, north of Laredo, Texas, its approaches, and any land, structures, installations, or equipment appurtenant thereto located on the United States side of the international boundary between the United States and Mexico, located just downstream from the Laredo-Colombia Solidarity International Bridge at the connection between Texas State Highway 255 and the Nuevo Leon State Highway Spur 1.

This permit is subject to the following conditions:

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Wed Jun 11, 2025, 09:26 AM
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Trump signs permit for Laredo cargo-only border system as Cuellar hails trade win

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Unlike existing bridges that handle mixed traffic and depend on conventional diesel trucks, the Green Corridors project is billed as a freight-only elevated system using low-emission shuttles to move goods.

The company says the system will operate 24/7 and aims to ease congestion, cut emissions and reduce inspection delays by separating commercial cargo from regular traffic.

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Low emission shuttles - Green New Deal?😬

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