Our proposal would direct that those funds. collected as a result of our increased trade. be reinvested into the roads. bridges. railways. harbors. and airports that support that trade. My own district has two unfunded NAFTA mandates that our local communities alone cannot address: completion of State Route 905 and revitalization of the San Diego & Arizona Eastern rail line. the jobs train. State Route 905 serves as the only link connecting the Nations second busiest southern commercial border crossing to the National Interstate Highway System. This road. however. is currently a fourlane city street. It was not intended to carry the additional border traffic that will soon be coming. And it was never intended to be a tool to implement international trade policy. I know this is also the case in numerous other border crossing communities. The jobs train rehabilitation would revitalize San Diegos rail link to the eastbound rail lines. Repairing and improving this now abandoned railroad would provide direct access to eastern markets for trade arriving through the Port of San Diego and the United StatesMexico border crossing. Our cities and States undergo a constant struggle to build and maintain their own infrastructure. They do not have sufficient funds to singlehandediy complete projects which support Federal trade policy.
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