Glad to see from your comments that South Texas from Del Rio to Laredo to Falcon Reservoir to the Gulf are priority for 2020 dollars.
What about El Paso and east until no more border roads? IIRC only few miles in El Paso have the new fence. Isn’t most of the rest laughable, relying on freeway fencing and traffic to deter.
“Glad to see from your comments that South Texas from Del Rio to Laredo to Falcon Reservoir to the Gulf are priority for 2020 dollars.”
I think the 2020 appropriation ($1.4 billion, 60-70 miles)will likely go to Laredo and South of there to Falcon Lake. People around there have gotten official survey notices. I hope that additional DoD money will run it up through Del Rio, but no strong indicators yet.
Calexico and Tecate are already under construction with 30 footers, and will be getting significant secondary barrier as well. Jacumba Wilderness has a run under construction now, And from the edge of the San Diego barrier around Otay Mesa, East to the next run of pre-existing bollards, has already been awarded on contract, but was on hold until this week’s court ruling freed up the money.
Haven’t heard anything about El Paso. The Western flank is getting built all the way out to the top of the “bootheel” of the NM border, so basically the Eastern flank would be the main area of interest, and there are some pre-existing bollards there already. A few more miles might be all they need.