About NASCO
NASCO is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing economic development activity while supporting multi-modal infrastructure improvements, technology / security innovations and environmental initiatives along the NASCO Corridor, and to stimulate the dialogue between the public and private sectors about critical, corridor-wide trade and transportation challenges.
NASCO members include cities, counties, states, provinces and private sector representatives along the Corridor in Canada, the United States and Mexico, dedicated to maximizing the efficiency and security of their existing trade and transportation infrastructure. The NASCO Corridor represents the existing trade and transportation infrastructure roughly shadowing U.S. Interstate Highways 35, 29 and 94, and the connecting transportation infrastructure in Canada and Mexico critical to national and international trade. This includes major intermodal "inland ports" along the corridor and under development.
From the largest border crossing in North America (The Ambassador Bridge in Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Canada) and Manitoba, Canada, to the second largest border crossing of Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, and South to the Mexican Ports of Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas, the impressive, tri-national NASCO membership truly reflects the international scope of the Corridor and the regions it impacts.
Our goal is to distinguish ourselves from other corridors by taking leadership to deploy far-reaching, aggressive action & solutions along the entire NASCO Corridor, focusing on broader corridor issues, to include cross-border trade facilitation requirements and issues of national and international importance. We strive to be the lead on solving the industry adoption hurdles to new processes, procedures, technologies and systems.
As such, we have developed a network of contacts with public and private sector individuals, organizations, companies and public entities, institutes and centers of knowledge, as well as with regulatory and governmental entities from the local, state, provincial and Federal governments of Mexico, the United States and Canada.
Through interaction and exchanging of information and problems, concerns, experiences and relationships, NASCO and its members are able to drive projects forward that the private sector and public sector players find difficult to achieve on their own. NASCO has a highly credible, 13-year track record of successful advances in policies, projects and accomplishments.
Please visit our website at
www.nascocorridor.com
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SuperCorridor & NAFTA Highway Defined
SuperCorridor - not "Super-sized". As defined in Webster's dictionary, "Super" means "more inclusive than a specialized category". NASCO uses the term "SuperCorridor" to demonstrate we are more than just a highway coalition. NASCO works to develop key relationships along the EXISTING corridors we represent to maximize economic development opportunities along the NASCO Corridor, as well as coordinate the development of technology integration projects, inland ports, environmental initiatives, university research, and the sharing of "best practices". NASCO is particularly focused on coordinating the efforts of local, state and federal agencies and the private sector to integrate and secure a multimodal transportation system along the existing "NASCO Corridor."
"NAFTA Superhighway" - As of late, there has been much media attention given to the "new, proposed NAFTA Superhighway". NASCO and the cities, counties, states and provinces along our existing Interstate Highways 35/29/94 (the NASCO Corridor) have been referring to I-35 as the 'NAFTA Superhighway' for many years, as I-35 already carries a substantial amount of international trade with Mexico, the United States and Canada. There are no plans to build a new NAFTA Superhighway - it exists today as I-35.
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General NASCO Statistics
NASCO Corridor drives the North American economy
International trade drives 25% of the country’s economy
Total commerce between the 3 NASCO nations already nears $1 trillion a year
By 2020, total domestic freight tonnage will increase 67%
Three of North America’s Top 20 NAFTA land ports can be found along the NASCO Corridor: Detroit (1st), Laredo(2nd) & Pembina, N.D.(11th)
The Port of Laredo has seen a 17 year increase of 621% in cross border loaded trucks and a 363% increase in cross border loaded rail cars.
Traffic in North America has increased up to 37% in the past decade, yet only 1% in new capacity has been added
The 11 NASCO Corridor states have identified at least $6.3 billion in needed construction and maintenance
16% of interstate miles are in poor condition; 21% of bridges are obsolete
65% of I-35 will require major upgrades and maintenance in the next 20 years
$80 billion is lost in congestion costs, nearly quadruple the impact of congestion in 1982
For every $1 invested in the NASCO Corridor, $5.70 is returned in economic benefits
Every $1 billion in highway investment generates 47,500 jobs
Transportation accounts for up to 14% of the price of products we buy
Since 1999, the Federal Government has directed more than $234 million in project funding towards the NASCO Corridor