Trump wants to build 30-foot-high wall at Mexican border

Associated Press ^ | 3/18/2017 | Alicia A Caldwell

[simpson96]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration wants to build a 30-foot-high border wall that looks good from the north side and is difficult to climb or cut through, according to a pair of contract notices posted to a government website further detailing President Donald Trump's promise to build a "big, beautiful wall" at the Mexican border.

The notices were made public late Friday by Customs and Border Protection, the Homeland Security Department agency that will oversee the project and eventually patrol and maintain the wall. The proposals are due to the government by March 29.

One of the CBP contract requests calls for a solid concrete wall, while the other asks for proposals for a see-through structure. Both require the wall to sunk at least six feet into the ground and include 25- and 50-foot automated gates for pedestrians and vehicles. The proposed wall must also be built in a such a way that it would take at least an hour to cut through it with a "sledgehammer, car jack, pick axe, chisel, battery operated impact tools, battery operated cutting tools, Oxy/acetylene torch or other similar hand-held tools."

The government will award a contract based on 30-foot-wide sample walls that are to be built in San Diego.

[central_va]

The wall is going to have guards. The wall is a force multiplier, ask the Israelis how beautifully their wall works.

[Lisbon1940]

I admire the Israelis but we can do better.

[CivilWarBrewing]

30 feet is the magic number whereby a human being is most likely to die from a fall. Falling from a height less than that is more likely to be survivable.

Good move, Trump! Now lets see how hard the RINO GOP fights him on this.

[sheana]

Whatever floats your boat. I will hold it against them.

[ClearBlueSky]

Now add armed guard towers( employ ex military) and a decent minefield and our southern border is secure.

[HotKat]

Razor wire Electrified to kill. Does that sound too mean?

[TaxPayer2000]

Here are direct links to the actual notices which the AP failed to provide:

Solid Concrete Border Wall RFP

Other Border Wall RFP

[bar sin·is·ter]

Mexican border 2020

[DannyTN]

China’s Great wall is 25 feet.

[SharpRightTurn]

“a solid concrete wall, while the other asks for proposals for a see-through structure. Both require the wall to sunk at least six feet into the ground and include 25- and 50-foot automated gates for pedestrians and vehicles. The proposed wall must also be built in a such a way that it would take at least an hour to cut through it with a ‘sledgehammer, car jack, pick axe, chisel, battery operated impact tools, battery operated cutting tools, Oxy/acetylene torch or other similar hand-held tools’.”

Don’t forget the electrified razor wire on top.

[Spirochete]

30 feet is the magic number whereby a human being is most likely to die from a fall. Falling from a height less than that is more likely to be survivable.

30 feet is insufficient. The ideal height would be a fatal fall from halfway up the ladder or rope - 50 feet, so the wall should be 100 feet high.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

A sniper nest every 1000 feet would be good too.

These would do the job.

[central_va]

I would like a design that is 30’ but expandable to 50 feet if 30’ is found insufficient.

[PLMerite]

[Vlad The Inhaler]

Razor wire Electrified to kill. Does that sound too mean?

Broken glass embedded in the top too.

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[PLMerite]

Berlin:

[Cyclops08]

and I LOVE that the samples walls will be judged in sanctuary central, California!

[euram]

top it with coils of concertina wire.

[PLMerite]

More West Bank:

[Jeff Chandler]

"Show me a 30 foot fence and I'll show you a 40 foot Mexican."