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Starr County authorizes CBP survey access on county property near bridge
Summary
The commissioners approved authorizing Starr County to execute a right-of-entry agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection to allow survey work connected to border security infrastructure on county property beneath a bridge; discussion focused on the limited scope (survey) and logistics.
Starr County commissioners on May 26 voted to authorize county execution of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection to grant right-of-entry for survey work connected to border security infrastructure on county property beneath a bridge.
The agenda described the item as a right of entry for construction and a separate right of entry for survey. Presenters said the current request is to allow surveyors access to county property to evaluate possible work; "they want to go in and survey and see what they can do," a presenter said. The court discussed the property location and confirmed the action concerns survey access below the bridge. The motion to approve the authorization carried; the transcript records at least one opposing vote but does not provide a complete tally.
The authorization permits CBP survey teams to enter the specified property for survey purposes only; it does not, by itself, approve construction. The court noted that this item is part of a larger border-infrastructure process and that additional approvals would be required for construction activities.
