One mile every 11 days. We’ll be on the 3rd generation of current illegals by the time that’s finished.
“One mile every 11 days.”
That is just one team, on one contract. Two other teams are currently building in San Diego, and Calexico California.
Due to the easy terrain and the type of barrier they are putting in, this one in New Mexico is moving the fastest of the three.
Bottom Line: We will get about 100 miles of very strong barrier out of the last funding bill (Omnibus for FY18), where it is needed most.
The biggest and most important segment of that (33 miles in the Rio Grande Valley) has not been contracted yet (after Christmas).
It depends on the Politics, but I guess that we will get 200 miles funded in next year’s appropriation. Three hundred total miles (with patrol roads, lights, cameras and alarms - like we are now building) in the highest traffic areas will make a big difference.