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San Ysidro 42 Lanes Open?

DavidE - 7-30-2012 at 05:30 PM

Was this a misprint or are my eyes failing me? San Diego Union Tribune online: categorized "Border Wait Times Substantially Reduced"

DanO - 7-30-2012 at 05:44 PM

Yup, that's what it says.

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jul/26/wait-times-reduce...

But read the fine print: "But a central question remains: Once the additional lanes are built, will there be enough staffing to keep them open?"

willardguy - 7-30-2012 at 06:00 PM

well not quite. they were talking about 42 booths open. (20 lanes)

Ateo - 7-30-2012 at 06:07 PM

1/3 of the lanes (in the middle) didn't even exist last weekend. There were bulldozers digging. Seemed to be lanes on the right and lanes on the left, but the middle 3rd was gone.

DavidE - 7-30-2012 at 06:12 PM

42 booths, 20 lanes? You got me here. One on each side of the car? And the article was worded like it is an "is". It isn't? It's actually a going-to-be?

Jesus I need a shot of gusano blanco.

willardguy - 7-30-2012 at 06:14 PM

the booths are stacked, two per lane.

willardguy - 7-30-2012 at 06:17 PM

but not on top of one another!:biggrin:

mooose29 - 7-30-2012 at 10:35 PM

The stacked booths help but last trip I saw several times where the nearest booth was busy with a driver getting questioned while the second booth was empty waiting for the car to clear.

BornFisher - 7-30-2012 at 10:52 PM

It was for last weekend, just a practice round!!

http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=61556#pid7440...

acadist - 7-31-2012 at 05:40 AM

Anything will help;)

durrelllrobert - 7-31-2012 at 09:27 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by willardguy
the booths are stacked, two per lane.

20 lanes x 2 booths/lane used to equal FORTY, but since it's a government project....