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| FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 6, 2001 |
CONTACT:
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| I-69
Heads for the Border Alliance Board Meets with Mexican Officials HOUSTON, The
Board of Directors of the Alliance for I-69 Texas will visit Reynosa,
Monterrey and Cuidad Victoria, Mexico Sept. 13-16.
The trip is planned to give board members a first-hand knowledge of
what plans Mexico has for highway development. “The opportunity to visit with
our counterparts in Mexico will provide a unique opportunity to discuss issues
of mutual interest regarding I-69 and Texas/Mexican transportation issues,”
said George Beatty, President of the Greater Houston Partnership’s Chamber
of Commerce Division. “The trip
will allow us to strengthen relationships with Mexican officials and to learn
of their plans for future highway development,” he added. Board members will visit a Maquila
plant in Reynosa on the afternoon of Sept. 13, then travel to Monterrey, where
they will meet with city and state officials.
A reception, hosted by the governor of Nuevo Leon, is planned for that
evening. On Sept. 14, board members will
visit various sights in the Monterrey area, then will depart for Cuidad
Victoria, where they will be hosted at a reception. The next day, Sept. 15, will be spent inspecting various new
and proposed highway sites and meeting with Governer Tomas Yarrington and the
mayor of Ciudad Victoria. The
delegation will return to Weslaco mid-day Sept. 16.
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