As of now, pedestrian border crossings will be available from 6 a.m. until 2 p.m., and only to northbound traffic on the western side of San Ysidro's Port of Entry
After almost three years of being closed due to the pandemic, the PedWest pedestrian border crossing between Tijuana and San Ysidro reopened Monday.The much-anticipated reopening started with short waits Monday morning and, as a result, some people hesitated when they did not see the long line they expected. “Is it really open?” some border commuters asked upon their arrival.“I didn’t believe they would actually open,” said Elia Sifuentes, a Tijuana resident who went shopping to San Ysidro.
“I don’t think anyone imagined it would be this long. It was too much,” said Karla González, who works at the San Ysidro outlet mall. Before the closure, she said she crossed through PedWest almost every day since it is closer to her job. The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce praised Monday’s reopening, which is expected to reduce wait times.
“This is a process. ... In a few months, it could open in both ways,” said Manuel Marín, head of the National Migration Institute in Baja California.
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