Texas has awarded $307 million in contracts for 14 miles of new border wall near Del Rio and in the Rio Grande Valley.
Border wall construction resumes near the Eli Jackson Cemetery in Pharr on March 21. Texas has continued border wall construction with state money after President Joe Biden halted federal construction last year., our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
The Texas Facilities Commission voted to approve a $167 million contract for New Mexico-based Southwest Valley Constructors Co. to build nearly 6.7 miles of border wall near Del Rio and a second contract worth $140 million to Montana-based BFBC of Texas, which plans to build 6.95 miles of wall in the Rio Grande Valley.
Francoise Luca, a spokesperson for the Facilities Commission, said in an email that the new sections of wall will be built on private land once the agency secures land-use agreements with the property owners.Former President Donald Trump made building a wall his signature issue, and the federal government constructed 80 miles of new barrier during his four years in office, including 21 miles along the Texas-Mexico border.
That segment was erected by New York-based Posillico Civil, Inc., which won a $162 million state contract in November to build a total of 8 miles of wall — a cost of just over $20 million a mile. By comparison, border wall construction under the Trump administration ranged from $6 million to $34 million per mile, according to a Texas Tribune analysis. Luca said the Facilities Commission"is still finalizing land-use agreements for this contract segment.
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