50 miles have been constructed through November, totaling 6% of the 805 miles the state has designated for building.
Each mile of construction costs between $17 million and $41 million per mile.
Landowners in a third of the 165 miles the state is currently trying to secure said they were not interested in participating.
The state wall to date is mostly in remote areas, spread out across hundreds of miles with many gaps making it easy to walk around.
If fully completed, Texas’s border wall would exceed the distance from New York to Chicago. At the current pace, construction would take more than 30 years and cost up to $24 billion.
Only the next 40 miles of wall are funded based on the current rate of spending — though more money is expected to be allocated in the legislative session that starts in January.
https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2024/texas-border-wall-greg-abbott-landowners/
Each mile of construction costs between $17 million and $41 million per mile.
Landowners in a third of the 165 miles the state is currently trying to secure said they were not interested in participating.
The state wall to date is mostly in remote areas, spread out across hundreds of miles with many gaps making it easy to walk around.
If fully completed, Texas’s border wall would exceed the distance from New York to Chicago. At the current pace, construction would take more than 30 years and cost up to $24 billion.
Only the next 40 miles of wall are funded based on the current rate of spending — though more money is expected to be allocated in the legislative session that starts in January.
https://apps.texastribune.org/features/2024/texas-border-wall-greg-abbott-landowners/
