Removal of the border wall prototypes that have loomed on the edge of San Diego since early in the Trump administration has started, according to Customs and Border Protection officials.
Instead, the agency is using some of the money allocated for San Diego’s secondary barrier replacement project to fund removal of the walls.
The prototypes, four made of concrete and four of other materials, cost between $300,000 and $500,000 each. Six of them were opaque, unlike the design going up with the construction project, which is made of steel bollards that allow agents to see what’s happening on the other side but block people from passing between them.Testing of the prototypes validated aspects of designs that CBP already used, CBP officials said, and has allowed them to add tweaks to newer construction designs.
“We learned a lot from them, but don’t necessarily have a purpose for them anymore,” an official said.A roundup of the stories shaping California.
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