Future Interstate Highway

On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, President Biden signed the FY 2022 Omnibus Appropriations legislation. This legislation included the designation of the entire Ports-to-Plains Corridor in Texas and New Mexico as a Future Interstate Highway. The Alliance and its partners continue efforts to obtain highway construction funding for both the Future Interstate and expansion to four-lanes along the entire corridor.

Ports to Plains Alliance

Welcome to Ports-to-Plains Alliance, a non-profit, bipartisan, grassroots alliance of more than 200 partner communities and businesses across nine states. We advocate for a robust international transportation infrastructure to promote economic security and prosperity throughout North America’s energy and agricultural heartland including Mexico to Canada.

It is critical that the infrastructure is upgraded and modernized to meet the needs of trade and economic activity. The Alliance currently advocated for a four-lane divided highway or interstate highway connecting our communities to domestic and international markets across North America.

Billions secured in state and federal funding for projects throughout the nine-state Corridor

Secured support and studies for a future interstate in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Colorado

Developed crucial relationships with national and state legislatures and state departments of transportation

Maintains a 200 member partnership including the Heartland Expressway Association and Theodore Roosevelt Expressway Association

Latest News

News and Fact Sheets for Future Interstate

For the latest news on the Future Interstate and access to the the Activities and Fact Sheets of the I-27 Advisory Committee, click below.

October 2024 Vol 22 Issue 10 Newsletter

Ports-to-Plains Newslane | October 2024 | President’s Corner | Ports-to-Plains Alliance Publishes Corridor Status Maps | Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Additional 12 Miles of TRE (U.S. 85) | National Transportation Research Nonprofit (TRIP) Rural Reports

First New Segment of I-27 Approved

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Texas Transportation Commission approved the expansion of the first new segment of Interstate 27 (I-27), marking a significant milestone in the development of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor. FHWA Administrator Shailen P. Bhatt approved the 4.2-mile addition between Lubbock and Lamesa is part of the existing 124 miles of I-27 in a letter early September 2024. Marc Williams, Executive Director of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)


FY24 Mini-Appropriations Bill Brings $29.165 Million
to Ports-to-Plains Alliance Projects


I-27 Numbering Act of 2023 (S.992) Passes Final Action in U.S. Senate Allocating
an Official Name to the Ports-to-Plains Corridor


US Designates Future Interstate 27 Part of the Interstate Highway System


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