Closure at busy US-Mexico border crossing promises headaches
SAN DIEGO — The busiest border crossing in the United States will close this weekend to the more than 40,000 cars that pass through it daily to Mexico.
The closure between San Diego and Tijuana for work on a $741 million expansion project presents a monumental headache for border businesses, workers, tourists and Christopher Enjambre. His band, Minor Gems, plays gigs in Tijuana.
“It’s already hectic now, so … damn,” he said, shaking his head in disbelief. “It’s going to be crazy.”
Travellers have been enduring hours-long waits on the Mexican side of the border to enter the U.S. with the constant addition of security measures since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.