Travelers planning cross-border trips this weekend are being asked by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Field Operations to plan for a possible increased traffic over this weekend due to the Canadian Civic Holiday on Monday, Aug. 6.

Residents are also being reminded to make sure they have the proper documents.

Meanwhile U.S. Rep. William Owens has asked federal officials to consider tracking wait times at the Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge as they do now at the bridges in Alexandria Bay and Massena..

CBP encourages travelers to prepare for border crossing in advance with local border traffic conditions at www.cbp.gov. Wait time information is updated hourly and is useful in identifying periods of light traffic and short waits. They can visit the “Know Before You Go” section of the site and check border wait times page. Travelers should have their approved travel documents available for inspection and be prepared to declare all items acquired outside or being imported into the U.S.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection does not now track wait times at Ogdensburg because traffic is deemed insufficient, Rep. Owens wrote in a letter to David V. Aguilar, CBP commissioner. Owens, D-Plattsburgh, asked Aguilar what criteria were used to deem the traffic insufficient.

Including Ogdensburg’s bridge in the wait-times program would allow the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority to analyze traffic patterns and let border-crossers plan their trips at low-traffic times, Owens said.