Valley International Airport now offering covered parking for short stay vehicles

HARLINGEN, Texas - Valley International Airport has become the first airport in the Rio Grande Valley to offer covered parking for short stay vehicles.Nicolás J. Mirman, director of business development at VIA, said up to 300 cars can now be protected from the sun.“We just opened our covered parking areas, with more than 300 space of covered parking. It is the only covered parking in an airport in the RGV. We just opened it two weeks ago and it's already almost full as you can see. We're very excited about that. We know that the people in the RGV are also very excited, excited,” Mirman said.“Step by step and with our own resources, and that is important, without any tax money from anybody in the RGV, we are making all these investments and these improvements in the airport and they are proving to be very successful.”Mirman made his comments in an exclusive interview with the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service. He said Valley International is the largest airport in South Texas, with early 900,000 passengers and visitors walking through our terminal annually. To read the full story go to the Rio Grande Guardian website.Go to www.riograndeguardian.com to read the latest border news stories and watch the latest news videos.