Tuesday, June 2, 2009

New Border Restrictions Not Causing Backups

If you're travelling to Canada anytime soon- good news! Yesterday, stricter rules went into effect for U.S. citizens returning from Canada and Mexico, but no unusual backups were reported at area border crossings.

In fact, at the Peace Arch crossing in Blaine, WA, Customs and Border agents reported a compliance rate of 90%+ of American citizens showing passports or one of the new 'enhanced' IDs required for border crossings.

Here's more on this story.
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SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.

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