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
2024 Ports-to-Plains Alliance Progress Report
August 2025 Vol 23 Issue 8 Newsletter
Ports-to-Plains Newslane | August 2025 | President’s Corner | Advocate for Three Federal Transportation Proposals | 2025 Ports-to-Plains Alliance Conference Speaker Highlight | 2025 Conference Information and Registration | Heartland Expressway Association Hosts Annual Meeting in Alliance, NE | I-27 from Amarillo to Dumas Feasibility Study Report
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)
