I never get tired of seeing that chart.
Next week’s update should include all the additional miles that this new $3.8 billion will build (maybe something like 200 more), in the pre-construction total.
And billions more dollars will likely drop soon, from this year’s Military Construction (MILCON) account, under the Emergency Declaration (which was just renewed today).
If you like watching the progress on the Wall, it is going to ramp up to an epic frenzy of activity through this year.
About $6 billion has been put on contract so far during the Trump Administration, and a good bit of that is just fixing to break ground.
About $12 billion will be going on contract this year. It is going to dwarf what we have seen so far.
To put it in perspective, this will be the biggest, strongest and most expensive non-military barrier in human history.