The Laredo Community College South Campus, located at 5500 South Zapata Highway (U.S. Highway 83), was established to extend the Laredo Community College mission to the growing residential area of south Laredo. More than 80 percent of voters approved a $50 million bond issue to construct the campus which was completed in the spring of 2004. The 60-acre (240,000 m²) campus contains seven buildings and will be expanded in the future to develop athletic and recreational fields and courts. The campus sits on a small valley near the bank of the Rio Grande.