We had been running at an historic pace of ten miles per week, but last week, they cranked it up to eleven!
Posted on 10/19/2020 10:01:26 AM PDT by BeauBo
371 miles completed, 210 miles under construction, 157 miles under pre-construction (738 Total).
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We had been running at an historic pace of ten miles per week, but last week, they cranked it up to eleven!
And it's an 11, WOW!
And it's an 11, WOW!
Eleven more miles Super Barrier erected last week. The week prior we dipped down to nine (likely just rounding error), so our average pace remains around ten miles per week - which is smoking great, and on track for the announced year end goal of 450.
The Supreme Court announced that they will take the case on the Migrant Protection Protocols (Remain in Mexico Policy for Asylum claimants).
They will also take one of the cases on the President's diversion of other funds, to build border wall. Decisions expected in the Spring of 2021.
This case centers on the re-programming of other DoD funds (i.e. all the loose change they can scrape up throughout the DoD, toward the end of the year - the difference between the budgeted and actuals), into the Counter-Narcotics account (which is Congressionally authorized to build border barrier roads and lights, under section 284).
The other big diversion of funds case working through the courts (9th Circuit), concerns the diversion of Military Construction Funds (MILCON), under the auspices of a Presidentially declared emergency, per the National Emergencies Act (section 2808). That one has not made it to the Supreme Court yet.
In Arizona, the two main focal points for Leftist front groups to oppose the wall (Quitobaquito Springs in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, and the San Pedro River in the SE of Sierra Vista) have now both been walled off from Mexico.
Also in Arizona, Contractors are building border barrier and new access road in remote and steep terrain. They are also creating some level spaces on commanding high terrain, that Border Petrol will be able to use for a long time to come. It is some heavy earth-moving infrastructure development - very hard to come by during normally constrained budgets.
San Pedro Riverbed
In Arizona, the two main focal points for Leftist front groups to oppose the wall (Quitobaquito Springs in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, and the San Pedro River in the SE of Sierra Vista) have now both been walled off from Mexico.
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So the wall has been built in these places despite the leftist resistance? Or by walled off do you mean something temporary has been put up while things play out (in court, etc)?
Closing in on 400 miles.
your reports on the wall continue to amaze me with this engineering marvel.
thanx for the heads up, beaubo
The permanent barrier has has now closed off those sites.
You can see the permanent floodgates now installed across the bed of the San Pedro River, above. The construction will go on there for some time to come (building a bridge over the river, patrol road and utilities) - but the environmentalist issue of blocking the river bed, is done.
Below, you can see the border wall construction, as it was marching past the Quitobaquito Springs (the pond in the background) on October 8th. It has since marched past - despite leftist resistance.
Okay, got it—thanks.
As always thank you for the update!
Not tired of winning yet.
It’s nearly 400 miles we wouldn’t have had without Trump.
Honestly, I never thought I’d live to see a great big wall
down there.
Love it!
Before:
Recently:
Note the Concrete structure on the Left, which will support the future Patrol Road Bridge over the high water mark of the floodgates, for rapid Border Patrol mobility throughout the Monsoon Season.
There will also be a bunch of technology upgrades installed, that will make it very unlikely that anyone could pass undetected.
Looks like serious business. Good to see.
Taking on the tough terrain. Mountains and rivers.
Doing the jobs that Democrats just won’t do.
They are going to do the Tijuana River in San Diego like this too - its a new design.
I notice no further miles moving from preconstruction to construction, and no further in preconstruction. Makes it seem like it’s going to come to a halt at 581 miles. Any reason?
“I notice no further miles moving from preconstruction to construction, and no further in preconstruction.”
I suspect that the main hold up to move from pre-construction into construction, is land acquisition in Texas. A flurry of eminent domain cases have been filed in the last 6 months (about 75) in Texas. I thought that they would have scheduled these actions to complete before Inauguration Day (and still hope so), but we are getting close to the wire.
To increase the number of miles in Pre-Construction, requires more money to be added to the Program. I believe they are waiting to see how the election shakes out, before diverting any more Military Construction Money - it may not be necessary to sacrifice that, if Republicans win the House back.
The total Program now funded is for 738 total new miles, about 400 of which are now done (338 to go - over halfway). Along with 221 miles of pre-existing barrier that has been assessed as operationally effective, the currently funded Program would result in 959 total miles of effective barrier (and a massive deployment of revolutionary new technology).
Really, that get’s us pretty close to the roughly 1,100 miles that Border Patrol would ideally want. Since it is prioritized, the last 150 miles, is the least important, and likely some of the most amenable to trading off for more people and technology, to get the same operational effect (i.e., more rural).
If Republicans sweep the House Senate and White House, more money will likely come in FY 2021, to finish up. If Republicans win the White House and keep the Senate, the President might divert another 150-200 miles worth from the Military Construction budget, and wrap it up tight. President Trump might even do it as a lame duck if he loses re-election, but that would likely be undone by the incoming Administration. Even if Dems were to sweep this election, the most significant upgrade to border security in US history would be complete, before Inauguration Day.
We may well be cresting the peak rate this quarter or next however (over 10 miles per week), as the easy flat runs through the desert are completed, and they increasingly slog through tough mountains without existing roads, and along river flood plains.
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