NOONAN, N.D. (AP) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection has opened a new facility at the U.S.-Canada port of entry near the northwest North Dakota town of Noonan.
The facility replaces one built in 1961 that Customs officials say was outdated. The Minot Daily News reports that it's among about three dozen ports of entry -- mostly on the northern border -- that are being modernized with $420 million in federal stimulus money.
Officials did not release a cost figure for the new Noonan port, though one official estimated the price tag at between $10 million and $15 million.
Nearly 3,000 commercial vehicles and 36,000 private vehicles used the Noonan crossing in the first nine months of the year.
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