“42 millon for 3 miles. We are getting screwed”
It is not that we are getting screwed, it is that we are getting top of the line wall system, with all the bells and whistles on the Border Patrol’s wish list.
High speed, all weather patrol road; grading and clearing of observation areas; permanent fixed day/night camera coverage; grid powered stadium lighting in the cities, and embedded and mobile sensors/alarms.
Oh, and bollards too. Huge two to three storey tall barriers with anti-climb features, that are strong enough to stop speeding trucks driven by suicide drivers, with massive reinforced concrete foundations - two feet thick and six feet deep at the minimum.
42 million/3 miles is 14 million per mile
1500 miles at 14 million is 21 Billion. Rather have the bollard walls and concrete add the rest later.
Lets get a barrier up then add the bells and whistles