Borderlands Mexico: Nuevo León governor pitches border boom as Texas-Mexico freight surges
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Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week in Borderlands Mexico: Nuevo León governor pitches border boom as Texas-Mexico freight surges; NADBank plans nearly $164M in water projects; and Otay Business Park completes first phase near US-Mexico border.
Nuevo León governor pitches border boom as Texas-Mexico freight surges Nuevo León Gov. Samuel García is betting billions of dollars in infrastructure, industrial development and security investments can help transform the Mexican state into an increasingly important gateway for U. S. -Mexico freight.
Speaking Thursday at the 2026 North American Development Bank (NADBank) Summit in San Antonio, García laid out an ambitious vision for tightening Nuevo León’s economic ties with Texas, particularly along a trade corridor connecting Monterrey with Laredo, San Antonio, Houston and Dallas. window. googletag = window. googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag. cmd.
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NADBank’s two-day annual summit held Thursday and Friday in San Antonio included federal, state and municipal authorities, along with business organizations, academia, financial institutions, investors, project developers and experts, from both the U. S. and Mexico.
The theme for this year’s summit was “Strengthening Cooperation to Deliver the Infrastructure of Tomorrow.” García pointed to Nuevo León’s relatively small border with Texas as one of the state’s biggest opportunities for future trade growth.
García said commercial traffic through the state’s Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge has surged from roughly 800 freight movements per day in 2022 to more than 10,000 daily. “Imagine the amount of commerce, revenue, money,” García said.
He said plans for two additional border crossings — including a freight crossing and the proposed Green Corridors project — could further expand capacity between Nuevo León and Texas. García described the projects as representing $17 billion in investment. window. googletag = window. googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag. cmd. push(function() {googletag.
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push(function() {googletag. display('div-gpt-ad-1665767553440-0'); }); The infrastructure push comes as Nuevo León increasingly positions itself as a manufacturing and logistics hub serving North American supply chains.
García said the state accounts for about 14% of Mexico’s imports and exports and highlighted advanced manufacturing, automotive and logistics as three of Nuevo León’s most important industries. The state has added seven highways and expanded airport infrastructure, García said, while increasing direct flights to the United States by about 40.
“We’re trying to have more business in logistics,” García said. Nuevo León Gov. Samuel García says the state is investing in additional border infrastructure, highways and industrial development to increase cross-border trade with Texas.
(Photo: NADBank) Security becomes part of the nearshoring pitch García also emphasized security as a critical component of Nuevo León’s strategy for attracting foreign manufacturers and logistics companies. window. googletag = window. googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag. cmd. push(function() {googletag.
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He said Nuevo León also stations law enforcement personnel near border crossings and deploys roughly 200 to 300 officers
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