Earlier this month, a Montana border crossing changed its hours of operation, but recently announced that they would be returning to its previous schedule to evaluate the change.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently announced that the Port of Raymond border crossing will go back to its usual 24-hour schedule today.

They say that while the crossing extends its hours once again, they will be reassessing feedback that they have received on the change.

Complaints from commercial drivers were made public when the original shortened hours were announced, as the nearest 24-hour crossing is North Portal, which would increase time and fuel consumption for some drivers.

North Portal is around 174 kilometres away from the Port of Raymond.

MLA for the Cut Knife-Turtleford region Larry Doke said that he was happy to hear that CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan would take the time to consider more opinions in border crossing hours.

"I think the first round [of meetings] maybe became more of a telling session as opposed to a listening session, so I am glad to see that Commissioner McAleenan has decided to roll this back."

As president of the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region, Doke also was in the United States of America lobbying for the changes to be reversed, citing free trade as something which must be preserved.

Three other ports hang in the balance in terms of hours. The Port of Opheim, Port of Scobey, and Port of Morgan all had their hours reduced. Doke said that to his understanding all four crossings would revert to their original schedules.