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Industrial park expected to benefit


By ANTONIO VINDELL/Special to the Star
EJIDO LA BARRANCA, Mexico β€” Halfway between the Mexican side of the International Free Trade Bridge and the Brownsville-Matamoros Bridge, a new industrial park is rising on what used to be arid farmland.

Las Ventanas (The Windows) Park should prove to be a boon for the Free Trade Bridge at Los Indios and surrounding communities.

David Allex, with Allex International Properties in Harlingen, said the new industrial park is going to benefit the bridge tremendously.

β€œIt’s also going to help the economies of Harlingen and San Benito because it will generate a lot of truck traffic,β€