The Seven Million Dollar Fence
Although it doesn't come with the cool sound effects of the 1970s series of a similar name...
A pair of congressional audits released Wednesday raise serious doubts about whether the federal government will finish a promised border fence this year and confirmed that a system of high-tech sensors won't be working soon.The plan to build 670 miles of border fence by Dec. 31 has been thrown into doubt by slow property acquisitions, higher costs and the prospect of a federal budget stalemate.
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The cost of the fence is also hindering progress. When new construction began in early 2007, the fence cost an average of $1 million a mile. It has now climbed to an average of $7.5 million a mile.
The government eventually could face bigger problems with the fence. Congressional auditors found that the government made no estimates for the cost to maintain it.
What party runs the Executive Branch again?
Posted by PSoTD on
Thursday September 11, 2008 at 7:28am |
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