Posted on 09/11/2019 5:33:29 AM PDT by BeauBo
Construction is underway to replace five miles of vehicle barriers with 30-foot bollards along the Colorado River west of Yuma in an area that has been used extensively by asylum-seeking migrants to cross the U.S.-Mexico border largely unimpeded.
This is the second ongoing border wall replacement project in the Yuma area. Already, crews have replaced more than 11 miles of aging landing mat fencing with the 30-foot bollards east of the border city of San Luis.
The replacement of this five-mile stretch along the Colorado River is the second project along the Arizona border that is being paid for using diverted military funds. Three weeks ago, construction began on a separate, military-funded project east of Lukeville.
Workers with BFBC LLC, an affiliate of Barnard Construction Company of Bozeman, Montana, broke ground late last week under a $141.7 million contract. The first panels of the new 30-foot bollards have already gone up, according to the U.S. Border Patrol in the Yuma Sector.
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