Crime & Safety
$28.7M Vehicle Facility Planned At Murrieta Border Patrol Station
The secure maintenance facility will replace a rented commercial garage that Border Patrol has used since 1997.
MURRIETA, CA — U.S. Customs and Border Protection will outline plans Friday for a new $28.7 million vehicle maintenance facility at the Newton-Azrak Border Patrol Station in Murrieta.
A 9 a.m. news conference was planned at the station San Diego Sector Chief Patrol Agent Justin De La Torre is scheduled to discuss the project in a news conference at the 25762 Madison Avenue location in Murrieta. The event will also be livestreamed.
The purpose-built facility will replace an outdated, rented commercial garage that has been used off-site since fiscal year 1997, according to CBP. The project is expected to improve vehicle maintenance, overnight storage and secure parking for the station’s fleet.
The Newton-Azrak Station is responsible for a 3,800-square-mile area and operates the Border Patrol checkpoint on Interstate 15, according to CBP.
Agents assigned to the Murrieta station also conduct highway patrols and vehicle stops connected to human smuggling and drug trafficking investigations, a CBP spokesperson said. Keeping vehicles maintained and available can affect how quickly agents deploy across the station’s wide territory and respond to activity along the I-15 corridor.
Moving maintenance, overnight storage, and parking into a secure, dedicated facility may reduce the time and logistical demands of transporting government vehicles to an off-site commercial garage. The agency said the new facility will provide a more secure location for vehicles and equipment when they are not in use.
CBP has not announced the facility’s anticipated completion date or provided additional details about the construction schedule. Funding for the facility comes from the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act, according to a recent news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
