Proposed Otay Mesa East border entry up for review

By Janine Zúñiga
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
February 20, 2008

OTAY MESA – Caltrans officials will meet this evening to review the potential environmental effects of a fourth port of entry connecting San Diego County and Mexico.

The public can evaluate the preferred plan outlined in an environmental document prepared by the state Department of Transportation for a proposed U.S.-Mexico port of entry and a state route leading to it.

It's too early to say exactly how the border station, Otay Mesa East, might be used, but one possibility would be to process commercial vehicles, federal officials say. The General Services Administration, the federal government's property manager, is working on a study that would explore its use.