Border wall estimate

[Forever_frost]

https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/tommy-fisher-border-wall-builder-border-protection-us/2018/01/05/id/835511/

The CEO of one of the companies selected to build a prototype of President Donald Trump's border wall told Newsmax TV on Friday that he considered it more of a "border protection system."

"I know the wall has a lot of political controversy, but I hope both sides would look at it and say, 'Look, this is a protection system,'" Tommy Fisher, president and CEO of Fisher Sand and Gravel Co. in North Dakota, told "Newsmax Now" host Bill Tucker in an interview.

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"I've heard both sides of the aisle say: 'We want border protection. We just don't like the term of 'the wall.'"

Fisher said that what makes his company's model different is that "it includes not only the wall but two high-speed roads on each side of the wall.

"In a border protection system, you could build a wall — but if you can't have good access to the wall, someone can still climb over the wall, someone can go under.

"But when you put high-speed roads there, and you've got agents coming on covering five times the amount of ground, it probably makes it worth five times the amount of agents without even hiring anybody new."

Overall, Fisher said that his company's proposal for the actual wall is about $6 billion under the estimated Trump administration cost of about $18 billion.

"We sent a proposal exactly for 700 miles of wall, guaranteed to be built in six years, with a two-year warranty after that for $10.77 billion.

"That would conclude the wall all the way through the mountains — no exceptions — through the whole state of California, Arizona and New Mexico.

"We then offer, basically, a 12-year additional warranty on workmanship for another billion, to take it to $12.21 billion.

"Right now, they've accounted $18 billion," he told Tucker.

"We sort of beat the budget by $6 billion with our patented process."



TLDR: A complete border wall, with 20 year warranty for 12.21 billion

[Rick Modena]

TLDR: A complete border wall, with 20 year warranty for 12.21 billion

Yes, we'll take it!

[hxbernal]

[Forever_frost]

Oh, forgot. Not just A wall, 3 walls with 2 asphalt security roads in between them.

[Craizie]

Oh, forgot. Not just A wall, 3 walls with 2 asphalt security roads in between them.

Yet they can't rebuild 820 to be more than 3 lanes without adding toll roads?

[Gasser64]

I'd someone to install sensitive seismic sensors to detect any tunneling. Also guard towers and for agents to be able to stand on the wall. With nice shade and some lounge tables and chairs. Some of the ones in the pics looked a little too narrow to be stood on. And some helicopters every so often that can take off at a moment's notice.

This wall could be stylish.

[svauto-erotic855]

Yet they can't rebuild 820 to be more than 3 lanes without adding toll roads?

The road projects are full of graft at every level.

Even if the wall cost 50 billion it would be worth every cent.

[Forever_frost]

I'd someone to install sensitive seismic sensors to detect any tunneling. Also guard towers and for agents to be able to stand on the wall. With nice shade and some lounge tables and chairs. Some of the ones in the pics looked a little too narrow to be stood on. And some helicopters every so often that can take off at a moment's notice.

This wall could be stylish.

This one is several feet thick (I think in the interview I heard on Wilkow said like 10 feet thick) and they weren't going into how deep into the ground it went and that didn't count the tech coming in addition to the wall itself

[Chas_svo]

Yet they can't rebuild 820 to be more than 3 lanes without adding toll roads?

Fuck toll roads and the crooked politicians that approved them.

[CexMashean]

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FUCK YEA! Just got myself a solid deal!

[Gasser64]

Fuck toll roads and the crooked politicians that approved them.

If they're going to lower taxes because the money is no longer needed becuz toll roads, then "Yay! Toll roads!" But more likely, they won't let go of tax money so fuck toll roads.

I remember hearing years ago about how toll roads were ok, because once the initial cost of building the road had been covered by all those paying to use it, the price of using the toll road went way down. Since now you're only paying for maintenance, and not the new construction. Somehow I doubt that ever actually happened.

[John -- '02 HAWK]

Fuck toll roads and the crooked politicians that approved them.

Tex DOT froze the approval of all new toll roads. Too many citizen complaints and I suspect not enough income. The new toll lanes on 35 are almost as empty as the trains running alongside them.

[ceyko]

This one is several feet thick (I think in the interview I heard on Wilkow said like 10 feet thick) and they weren't going into how deep into the ground it went and that didn't count the tech coming in addition to the wall itself

Yeah, I'm not overly concerned with details - but I think everyone realizes that -just a wall- is not going to be sufficient. It needs to be more in-depth. I know the snowflakes hate the use of land mines, automated weapons...etc, but these are the things that are going to be deterrents.

If folks cross the border where they are supposed to, then no one gets hurt.

[Sean88gt]

Seems like a bargain compared to current spend levels.

https://fairus.org/issue/publications-resources/fiscal-burden-illegal-immigration-united-states-taxpayers

If Trump wanted to be a prick, he could spread the cost of the wall over the illegals here and give them the option to pay their portion, or GTFO and have everything they own seized. I'm sure the left would have a massive hemorrhage if he did, but it would get things moving.

[DON SVO]

I will never understand the mentality of people that are perfectly fine with illegal immigrants crossing into this country, completely undocumented, and living here without assimilating. It makes my blood boil at a rate that might be unhealthy.