“It will change everything,” said Lee Peterson, executive director of Lamesa Economic Development.That’s his assessment of the impact on Lamesa by the designation this past week of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor from Laredo, TX, to Raton, NM, as an addition to the Interstate Highway System.Lamesa is situated at a key location on that route.The designation of future Interstate 27 (I-27) became official when President Joe Biden signed the latest appropriations bill into law on Tuesday.“It will be monumental to our area,” said Bobby Gonzales, a Lamesa city council member who serves on the board of directors of the Ports-to-Plains Alliance.“This is ...