Big Bend Border Security: $1.7B Project to Bring 200+ Miles of Roads, Cameras, and More

Largest border wall contract in US history to span Big Bend National Park

By Sam Karas Last week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) gave its largest-ever up-front award for first-time border wall construction to a segment of barrier that will span the entirety of Big Bend National Park and extend down into the Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande. Southwest Valley Constructors of Albuquerque, NM was awarded $1.72 billion for the project after months of confusion about what kind of border security would be constructe…

New $1.7 billion contract in Big Bend National Park won’t be used for border wall, CBP says

Last week, a government spending website showed a new Department of Homeland Security contract would be used for a "border wall" in the national park. On Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said that's not actually the case, and that the money will be used for vehicle barriers, surveillance technology and "patrol roads."

Big Bend border security: $1.7B project to bring 200+ miles of roads, cameras, and more

After the story broke last week of $1.7 billion being awarded for border security efforts in the Big Bend region despite "no wall" in the works, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has explained the details of their plans.

New $1.7 billion contract in Big Bend National Park won't be used for border wall, CBP says

Last week, a government spending website showed a new Department of Homeland Security contract would be used for a "border wall" in the national park. On Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said that's not actually the case, and that the money will be used for vehicle barriers, surveillance technology and "patrol roads."

Despite Opposition, Feds Have Already Awarded Border Wall Contract Through Big Bend National Park

The Trump Administration had proposed running a portion of the border wall straight through Big Bend National Park, much to the opposition of nearly every Texan. And despite Customs and Border Protection saying they weren't going to, the contract had already been awarded.

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CBP awarded a $1.7 billion federal contract listed for border wall construction in the Big Bend region, fueling public confusion over the project after a previous assurance from a top agency official that no barriers would be built in the Texas national park.