[dirtboy]

This second map shows 2020 projections of Mexican freight. Notice how little of it goes to KC.

This is about opening up Western Canada for Mexican freight, IMO. It's a straight shot up I-29 from Kansas City.

[Ben Ficklin]

"opening up Western Canada for Mexican freight"

Wrong. Having a Mexican customs official located in KC is an attempt to make I 35 the most desirable route to move ag product from the western plains of the US and Canada to Mexico and Mexican ports. It would give that route a competative advantage over the Ports to Plains corridor aka the meat and wheat corridor.