Posted on 08/31/2017 2:18:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Trump administration on Thursday announced it has chosen four companies to build concrete prototypes of the president’s much-touted border wall.
Construction of the prototypes, to take place in San Diego, is the first step in fulfilling Trump’s campaign promise of building a “big, beautiful” wall stretching along the 2,000-mile Mexico border.
“Today we mark a significant milestone,” said Ronald Vitiello, acting deputy commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
But there appears to be a lack of political will to fund a continuous barrier. Congress has set aside $20 million in the current budget to build the prototypes but has not appropriated any other money for the wall.
The four companies are: Caddell Construction in Montgomery, Alabama, Fisher Sand and Gravel/DBA Fisher Industries in Tempe, Arizona, Sterling Construction in Houston, and W.G. Yates & Sons Construction in Philadelphia, Mississippi.
The administration was originally expected to announce its decision on prototypes in June,but the contracting process was delayed after protests from two companies that had not made the list of finalists....
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
More ships will solve several of the Navy’s problems, though not all.
Coral snakes and gators? I’m easy as long as they are deadly.
Oh my it really doesn’t look like Trump got the memo from Menopausal Annie Coulter that he is NEVER going to build the wall or get tax reform either; oh how confused Trump must be!
In the article I see a problem. The photo shows a wall but all you have to do is go around it by the river.
“The Navy’s problems won’t be solved by more ships.”
That is painfully obvious.
We dont have a navy just to have a navy.
From the article:
“The agency said the wall prototypes will be built on the eastern edge of the secondary fence in San Diego and will act as new barriers.”
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