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Hidalgo, TX - Border Wall

Red Rover, Red Rover, Send Tige Over


12/16/2008	Hidalgo, Texas The Border Wall
We went on a tour of the old Hidalgo Texas Pump Station. On our way to viewing the current pumps right on the banks of the Rio Grande River, our tour took us by the construction of the Border Wall, that stirred so much controversy in the recent discussions and disagreements regarding how to stem the tide of illegal immigration from Mexico. Many in the Hidalgo County area just call the Border Wall, the Wall, but I reserve that name for the Viet Nam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, DC.
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	In this area of Texas, the border wall is being constructed on top of the levee that protects this area from possible flooding of the Rio Grande River. In fact, Hidalgo County and the federal government have worked together in this effort. The levees were in need of upgrade. They, in fact were just earthen berms that served as levees. Appropriations for the wall from the Feds and for the levee upgrades from the county and the state of Texas were combined and the work began.
	First proposed in early 2007, it took nine months for local officials to convince the federal government to use a concrete flood-control wall instead of a border fence, so that the wall would also help rehabilitate portions of the county's flood control system. The river side of the levees have been scraped away and replaced with a sheer concrete wall 15 to 18-feet tall. Construction began on July 21, 2008 on the 22 miles of the border wall in Hidalgo County.
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	Congress mandated that 670 miles of vehicle and pedestrian barriers be in place along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border by the end of 2008. Soaring construction costs for the border fence have apparently forced the Department of Homeland Security to bend for the first time on its end-of-year completion deadline. The agency has offered Hidalgo County until March 31, 2009 to finish its longest segment of the combined levee and border wall, hoping that the move will keep costs in check.
	This section of the wall is just outside the fence surrounding the Old Pump House Museum in Hidalgo, TX.
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	A side view of the wall.
	Construction equipment lines the area next to the wall.
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