[jalisco555]

Why the buffer zone?Presumably it can't be built right on the river bank. You need the proper soil to anchor it, you need to build access roads for construction, proper landscaping, etc. I'm not a civil engineer but I assume this was an engineering decision.

[Sybeck1]

“They invade our space, and we fall back. They assimilate countless worlds, and we fall back. Not again. Not this time. The line must be drawn here! This far, no farther! And I will make them pay for what they have done!” — Picard, to Lily

[cinives]

Sure it can. We build bridge pylons in the middle of rivers and bays.

[monday]

“Why the buffer zone?Presumably it can’t be built right on the river bank. You need the proper soil to anchor it, you need to build access roads for construction, proper landscaping, etc. “

lol... proper landscaping? You mean flower beds and ficus trees? How about a couple of rolls of razor wire and call it good?

BTW only our idiotic government would require two freaking miles for access roads and proper construction. Admit it. The fence doesn’t need to be set back from the river two miles. The government planners are doing it that way because they don’t give a damn. After all they aren’t spending their money or losing their land or homes.