Highway 0
(Zero Illegal Crossings)
How to improve southwest border security effectiveness through efficiency.
Simply put,
build a highway along as much of the southwest border from Brownsville TX to San Diego CA as feasible. Use the specifications from the Eisenhower Federal Interstate Highway System and include a concrete sound barrier wherever a “wall” is required on the southern side.
Use the four border states to manage the construction as they would any Interstate Highway project with the funding being provided through the Federal Highway Administration. The states also provide the O&M after the highway is placed in service.
Proposal outcomes:
Uses existing capabilities and experienced workforce to create and maintain the physical
infrastructure needed to improve southwest border security and provides states with jobs.
State highway depts already know how to get permitting, construction, etc done.
Average cost per mile should be 30%-50% less than the cost for an ACOE/CBP steel wall/fence.
Other infrastructure such as cell towers and traffic cameras come along with the highway thus giving CBP access to capability as needed. CBP selects, places & operates sensors!
Faster creation of priority infrastructure vs ACOE/CBP run infrastructure projects and reduces overall risk of accomplishment.
Allows
CBP to focus on core mission as the guardians of the border-preventing terrorists from entering the country, reducing human & drug trafficking and apprehending illegals.
Potential economic improvement for rural areas along the border.
Politically neutral as it builds multi-purpose infrastructure and improves security simultaneously. More effective & efficient results for the taxpayer $.
The above proposal is a common sense option that should be included
with all options to secure the U.S. southwest border.
The above proposal is a common sense option that should be included
Highly Effective Sound Barrier
