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John Harper
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Please report on San Ysidro crossing on 5/14
It took me two hours a couple weeks ago. That was the regular lanes.
When are your appointments? What road are you taking to TJ? Those are kind of important factors.
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David K
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When discussing border crossing issues it may be helpful to state if it is the northbound or southbound border crossing.
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LukeJobbins
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Southbound is fairly bad in the afternoons and evenings because the 5 is two lanes and the 805 is down to one.
Northbound has no changes from the past months(Years?)
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apple
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Driving across at San Ysidro or Otay, the chance of being 'interrogated' are incredibly slim. It is basically the same as it has been for the past 5+
years, you just drive up to a automatic gate thing with a light that says red or green and then 99% you get the green light and drive in to Mexico.
I crossed south at SY around 5pm 3 Fridays ago and there was traffic, but it only took 20ish minutes to get through.
**I just saw someone else mentioned new roads on the 5 that lead to the Mexico entrance. I guess I didn't know anything about that.
[Edited on 5-12-2019 by apple]
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apple
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Sounds like they are just widening the lanes on the US side so there is less of a choke point at the turn: https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/San-Ysidro-Port-of-En...
Nevermind, I don't know what I'm talking about. It does look like there will be 'southbound inspection points' on the USA side on the map there
[Edited on 5-12-2019 by apple]
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SFandH
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Have the Americans implemented the planned southbound inspections at San Ysidro? I haven't read any reports about that.
Regardless, get to TJ before 3 PM to avoid the afternoon southbound commuters.
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You are aware that you could get xrayed by the Mexicans going south? I did on April 27th 7 pm. It added an extra 1/2 hour to the crossing.
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Bajazly
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Quote: Originally posted by chippy  | | You are aware that you could get xrayed by the Mexicans going south? I did on April 27th 7 pm. It added an extra 1/2 hour to the crossing.
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Yeah but if our goons are stopping every car going south it's going to be a nightmare. Be just like coming north at SY and soon every other crossing
will have a SB check I bet.
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willardguy
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| Quote: Originally posted by Bajazly | | Quote: Originally posted by chippy | | You are aware that you could get xrayed by the Mexicans going south? I did on April 27th 7 pm. It added an extra 1/2 hour to the crossing.
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Yeah but if our goons are stopping every car going south it's going to be a nightmare. Be just like coming north at SY and soon every other crossing
will have a SB check I bet. |
I'll take that bet....what do you got?
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Bajazly
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| Quote: Originally posted by willardguy | | Quote: Originally posted by Bajazly | | Quote: Originally posted by chippy | | You are aware that you could get xrayed by the Mexicans going south? I did on April 27th 7 pm. It added an extra 1/2 hour to the crossing.
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Yeah but if our goons are stopping every car going south it's going to be a nightmare. Be just like coming north at SY and soon every other crossing
will have a SB check I bet. |
I'll take that bet....what do you got? |
I say June 1 2020 shovels in ground for Tecate, Mexicali West and possibly Otay for SB check points. Mexicali East won't be far behind.
Hope I'm wrong!
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LukeJobbins
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I cross a lot and yesterday the new inspection area did not look even close to opening. I would be impressed if they get it open and running soon.
I’ll update tomorrow when I cross again if anything looks funky. But the main worry is the traffic from the 805 bottleneck to one lane.
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BajaMama
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I'm crossing SB 5/22 San Ysidro. Hopefully before 8:00 AM. I'll report.
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LukeJobbins
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It absolutely crazy how much stuff happens in tijuana and it just becomes business as usual in a matter of minutes. I crossed this evening and
everything looked completely normal and the new inspection area looked really far from ready to open. Dirt piles, dirt roads not paved yet, all of the
metal posts (border gate) still up.
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willardguy
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first reports are in...everything going smoothly
but watch for speed bumps
[Edited on 5-14-2019 by willardguy]
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Bajazly
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Give 'em time, they're just getting warmed up!
Believing is religion - Knowing is science
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Bajazly, August 2019
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mtgoat666
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It’s all trump’s fault! He is in charge. It’s his watch. You fools voted for him. So blame yourself!
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Prefered gender pronoun: the royal we
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BajaMama
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Oh no I did not.
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SFandH
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Info - https://www.facebook.com/SanYsidroBorder/
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From that page:
New southbound inspection lanes entering Tijuana by San Ysidro begin operation today A total of four new vehicle lanes entering Mexico from San
Ysidro began operations today, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. The new access will connect the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 (I-5) with the facilities of El
Chaparral in Tijuana. These new lanes will have inspection booths, operated by officers from the Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP), to carry
out inspections for southbound travelers, similar to the inspections currently performed for travelers heading northbound across the border. The
inspections in the new booths will be periodic and quick, as they were done previously. In total, there will eventually be ten new lanes connecting
from the southbound I-5 into El Chaparral, but only four of these were opened beginning 7:00 AM this morning. The remainder of the lanes will be
operational by the end of this year. "We are excited to reach another milestone for the San Ysidro Port of Entry renovation project. We hope to
operate the southbound lanes and booths efficiently and safely while inspecting southbound travelers into Mexico. We hope to have this project
completed by years end," said Pete Flores, CBP operations director in San Diego. The new lanes will also serve a critical step in taking biometric
data from non-US travelers, as part of a mandate from the United States Congress, to record the departure of these individuals from the country.
This is dumb as hell
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Bajazly
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Ya think??!!!
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