That you, Karl?
And when they win all the eminent domain cases and actually start putting some damn pilings in the ground, then it’ll count as new miles, but until then - as far as I’m concerned - this is all a fart in the wind.
“When they win all the eminent domain cases”
The Government can condemn property and start construction any day. The cases can drag on for years, but they are just about how much the Government should pay, not about if they can take it.
A few of the other projects will include filling some gaps where there was no barrier at all before (patches of rough terrain), like the secondary barrier in San Diego (on schedule to finish in Jan), which will include 1 1/2 miles where there was not secondary barrier before, and the stretch across the San Pedro River in Arizona.
But out side the Rio Grande and Laredo sectors, where the shifting river path, subject to flooding, hurricanes and International treaty made construction very difficult and expensive, everywhere that experiences high traffic already has some kind of barrier.
It is carefully prioritized according to operational need. Building “new” miles in the wilderness, when people are actually streaming through ineffective old barriers in the border cities and the Rio Grande Valley, would just be foolish fart in the wind.
That you, Karl?