Pretty country out there BeauBo.
This will be a challenge to build thrythese mountains
“This will be a challenge to build thru these mountains”
It is about the roughest stretch that I have seen them start building yet.
I believe the contract has been awarded to extend the San Diego barrier further West (there was some challenge to using Military funds), through the steep parts there, but I don’t think it has started yet.
Building heavy infrastructure on steep mountains is a whole new era in border security.
I expect that some of the recent awards with high cost per mile in California and Arizona are biting off some of the really tough engineering challenges, that were always deferred before.
I’d like to see them complete Mount Cristo Rey, just West of El Paso, but that flank of the San Diego barrier is a high value addition as well.
May 7th and 15th are target dates for some new contract awards, as revealed in a Court case challenging them, but I’m hoping to see a bunch more awards in May. The money has been transferred for a few months, and that is long enough to start seeing some real action, if there is no big hold up (like a legal injunction).