So does this.....
Posted on 01/24/2007 10:04:37 PM PST by NormsRevenge
TUCSON, Ariz. - Construction began Wednesday on vehicle barriers that will be part of a mix of fencing along the Arizona-Mexico border to discourage illegal border crossings.
The construction is part of a Bush administration initative announced last year that aims to provide a mix of high-tech virtual fencing and a traditional physical barrier.
The first phase of construction will consist primarily of concrete-filled vertical tubes set into the ground to prevent vehicles from entering.
Department of Homeland Security spokesman Russell Knocke said some portions of the barrier may also contain traditional fencing.
The first phase will be placed along nine miles at the western edge of a 37-mile stretch of desert in southwestern Arizona.
On Jan. 12, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff cleared the way for the work to start by waiving environmental regulations and laws impeding construction along the 2.8 million-acre Barry M. Goldwater bombing range.
Environmentalists have criticized the fencing and barrier plans, saying that won't stop people in search of jobs but will be a step toward destroying a fragile portion of southern Arizona's desert.
The initial construction phase could take a few months.
Hey Borderbots....find something to bitch about here....there's too much positive development here!!!!!!
maybe we could deploy some of these.. it does get kind of cool in the desert.
Military's new ray gun fires harmless beam that makes targets feel as if they are on fire ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1773307/posts
So now the enviro-whakcos are experts on employment opportunities?
.....but will be a step toward destroying a fragile portion of southern Arizona's desert.
Destroy it utterly, I say. Build an alligator-filled moat along the entire border using water from both the Rio Grande and Colorado rivers.
You should be thanking BorderBots. Our raising hell and spreading the word about what a joke our borders are might be paying off. I'll have to wait and see what it actually looks like before I shut up about it. He also put National Guard on the border too didn't he, and they were run off.
So does this.....
Sooooo, it actually hasn't started to go up yet...they're talking about it going up. I see.
That made me warm!
They cannot build this fence fast enough, tough enough, or tall enough for me.
The first phase of construction will consist primarily of concrete-filled vertical tubes set into the ground to prevent vehicles from entering.
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Looks like they will try and stop the drug haulers first and go from there.
I hope so. We've had our hopes up before about the border being secured then falling through.
"The first phase of construction will consist primarily of concrete-filled vertical tubes set into the ground to prevent vehicles from entering."
HMMM? Wonder how much those cost per mile?
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