Faster return for RVers at popular Mexico border crossing

RVers returning from popular Mexico town Puerto Penasco through the Lukeville, Ariz., Port of Entry will now find the process faster according to a story in the Arizona Daily Star. Every Sunday and Monday, RVs will be directed into the commercial lane to help ease congestion. When the renovated Lukeville port opened in 1976, there was one hotel in Puerto Penasco, also known as Rocky Point. Today, there are 42 hotels and motels and 14 RV facilities that attracted approximately 2.3 million people in 2006, a nearly fivefold increase from 2001. The port with its three passenger lanes and one commercial-truck lane was built to handle 400 vehicles a day. This past fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, the Lukeville port processed up to 5,000 per day on holiday weekends.