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Between the two border stations sits the Peace Arch Park, where visitors are free to cross the border within the confines of the park. The Peace Arch was erected in 1921 when a hotel and residences occupied much of the later park area. [2] In 2010, the only time the Olympic torch left Canada was in crossing the border into the US side of the ...
The same report found that over 90% of NEXUS members entering Canada waited less than five minutes at the Peace Arch Crossing in Blaine, Washington, compared to under 50% of non-members.
The former US border station was demolished in 2015, and the border community is a virtual ghost town. [33] The building that once served as the Canadian border station remains. 48°59′55.68″N 102°15′58.32″W / 48.9988000°N 102.2662000°W / 48.9988000; -102.2662000
For a program designed to decrease wait times at the border, NEXUS is notorious for long waits of its own. The Department of Homeland Security currently estimates that it takes 12-14 months for ...
SR 543 is a 1.75-kilometre-long (1.09 mi) connector between I-5 and the Canada–US border, linking with BC 15. Over 3,000 trucks per day pass through the border crossing along SR 543 and BC 15, [4] because the Peace Arch border crossing does not allow commercial trucks.
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The initial border office occupied a residence. [9] In 1915, the 24-hour office at the present Peace Arch site was closed and service at the Pacific Highway crossing extended to around 18 hours daily. [10] The US operated out of large industrial building until a brick Georgian-revival border station was built in 1931.
Commercial trucks are waiting up to two hours to cross from Ciudad Juarez into El Paso, due to exhaustive inspections from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Andrés Morales Arreola, director of ...