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This is how much of the border wall has been built so far
Posted: 10:17 AM, Jan 19, 2019
By: CNN
...Man-made barriers cover only about a third of the border.
The US-Mexico border stretches for 1,954 miles. Currently, physical barriers cover 654 of those miles, according to US Customs and Border Protection.
What's known as vehicle fencing covers 280 miles. This is fencing that's low to the ground. It would stop a car, but people can easily step over it.
What's known as pedestrian fencing covers some 374 miles. This is taller and designed to block people from crossing on foot.
...Contractors are already working on hundreds of miles of construction.
A number of contracts have been awarded since Trump took office, funded by appropriations from Congress for the 2017 and 2018 fiscal years.
Among them: Nearly $300 million to build 40 miles of replacement structures in multiple locations. These consist of both pedestrian walls and vehicle barriers. As of December 21, 35 of those 40 miles had been completed, according to Andrew Meehan, CBP's assistant commissioner for public affairs.
Appropriations last year provided $1.375 billion in funding to build 82 miles of new and replacement barriers in multiple locations across the border, Meehan said. Of that funding, $700 million has gone to contracts for construction of new and replacement wall systems, he said, and another $300 million "is ready to award as soon as the government reopens." The rest of the money, Meehan said, "supports CBP project management to include real estate, environmental, legal and program management support and will be obligated over the duration of the projects."
...Soon we're actually going to see a wall built in a new section of the border.
Yes, that's the plan. Construction is expected to begin in February on 14 new miles in the Rio Grande Valley.
Called a levee wall system, the project includes the construction of a reinforced concrete levee wall, 18-foot-tall steel bollards installed on top of the concrete wall, and vegetation removal along a 150-foot enforcement zone. The price tag: $312 million.
The administration wants $5.7 billion to pay for 234 miles of construction.