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The Pacific Highway Land Port of Entry is a full-service, 24-hour port of entry serving personal vehicles, buses, pedestrians, and commercial truck traffic between Blaine, Washington and Douglas, British Columbia. The port, last expanded in 1999, is realizing notable increases in wait times, particularly for non-commercial personal vehicle and bus traffic entering the United States. The expansion project will add four new personal vehicle inspection lanes, expanding capacity to ten lanes total. The project also expands the secondary inspection area to provide six enlarged bays for vehicle enforcement inspections and adds 24 secondary main building referral parking spots. All inspection areas will include extended overhead canopies, replaced pavement, and upgraded lighting.
In September 2024, GSA awarded a $33 million contract to T1-RJS Joint Venture LLC for the design and construction of the expanded port. The funding includes $8 million from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to construct new lanes and canopies using low embodied carbon concrete and steel. The remainder of the project is funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. See the Project news section for full details.
Environmental review
Part of GSA’s responsibility is to make sure we consider cultural resources that may be affected by our projects. We have reached out to tribal partners and state and local governments and have not received any information regarding specific cultural resources present in the project area. However, we recognize that the public is a vital source of information about local resources. If you have any information about specific historic or cultural resources that may be impacted, please contact the GSA regional historic preservation officer via email at PacificHighwayLPOE@gsa.gov.
Local updates
GSA and our construction management contractor are working with the T1-RJS team to complete design work and prepare for the start of construction in Summer 2025.
Preparing solicitation documents December 2022–July 2023
Design-build award September 2024
Start July 2025
Substantial completion November 2026
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
We received $3.4 billion to invest in our nation’s infrastructure and competitiveness. The law provides funding for LPOE modernization projects that will create new good-paying jobs, bolster safety and security, and make our economy more resilient to supply chain challenges — all while serving as models for sustainability and innovation.
Visit the Washington LPOE page for an overview of BIL projects there, as well as priorities, benefits and further information.
Sustainability opportunities
We will increase energy and water efficiency (including renewable energy and fossil fuel free measures), adhere to sustainable design principles, and minimize climate risk liabilities above the minimum performance criteria in a manner that is life cycle cost-effective. Sustainability goals include:
Net-zero ready
SITES Silver
Low embodied carbon concrete and steel
Community impact
The Pacific Highway LPOE is the largest and busiest Canadian-U.S. port in the Western United States. The port currently processes more traffic than it was originally designed to accommodate and, left unaddressed, wait times will continue to increase along with negative environmental and economic impacts resulting from the delays. The project will significantly increase the number of primary vehicle inspection lanes and expand the existing layout in the Secondary Inspection area.
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including independent entities located within the boundaries of the key city and the listed counties
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entire installation or facility is the higher of the rates which apply to the cities and / or counties,
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