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"According to the Federal Highway Administration, the average cost of building a sound wall is $30.78 per square foot"
Need a cite. This article gives a figure of $30.78 per square foot, or roughly $162k per mile. Works out to less than $500 million on the wall over 46 years or about $10 million a year.
$30.78 * 5280 feet = $162,518.40 per mile.
Need a cite. This article gives a figure of $30.78 per square foot, or roughly $162k per mile. Works out to less than $500 million on the wall over 46 years or about $10 million a year.
$30.78 * 5280 feet = $162,518.40 per mile.
View: https://medium.com/re-form/muting-the-freeway-e18ee195bd38
$30.78 x 5,280’ x (13'= avg height of wall) = $2,112,740 per mile
$2,1 12,740 x 3,000 mi = $6,338,217,600 roughly
I stand corrected. At least we have our cite now. Thanks.That's linear feet.
The 5 billion is only for 234 miles of wall.
Highway sound barriers don't have to cross the Rio Grande or withstand it's flooding.
The wall needs to have openings for wildlife migration. People will also use it for migration.
There are lot of complications with private farmland and it's proximity to the border and the river. US farmers need to access parts of their land that is north of the river but south of the wall. I would assume that they also need to access the river itself for irrigation system pumps.
The wall is a lot more complicated that some folks realize and actual costs have been estimated to be closer to 50 billion.
The 5 billion is only for 234 miles of wall.
Highway sound barriers don't have to cross the Rio Grande or withstand it's flooding.
The wall needs to have openings for wildlife migration. People will also use it for migration.
There are lot of complications with private farmland and it's proximity to the border and the river. US farmers need to access parts of their land that is north of the river but south of the wall. I would assume that they also need to access the river itself for irrigation system pumps.
The wall is a lot more complicated that some folks realize and actual costs have been estimated to be closer to 50 billion.
Need a cite. This article gives a figure of $30.78 per square foot, or roughly $162k per mile. Works out to less than $500 million on the wall over 46 years or about $10 million a year.
$30.78 * 5280 feet = $162,518.40 per mile.
View: https://medium.com/re-form/muting-the-freeway-e18ee195bd38
The current wall in El Paso crosses the Rio Grande at a 90 degree angle so it resembles a dam.
I wasn't clear in my last sentence. I was just trying to answer the question posed in the original post and explain why it's not as simple as just installing highway barriers or similar types of wall. There is lots of stuff in the way on the US side of the Rio Grande such as private property, farmland, parks and even whole towns. The wall might have to cross the river and jump over to the Mexican side of the border to skirt around stuff and then jump back to the US side after the obstacle has been cleared. There is also a 120 year old treaty regarding water access rights, not interfering with the natural flow (and flooding) of the river, wildlife access to the river, etc. Currently there are sections of wall that bisect private property and the landowners actually have a gate in the wall with an electronic passcode so they can access their property on the south side. There is also a lot of NIMBY stuff and there's a history of folks getting burned on government payouts in eminent domain situations. It would be a very expensive engineering and political feat to make it all work.
$30.78 x 5,280’ x (13'= avg height of wall) = $2,112,740 per mile
$2,1 12,740 x 3,000 mi = $6,338,217,600 roughly
The 5 billion is only for 234 miles of wall.
Highway sound barriers don't have to cross the Rio Grande or withstand it's flooding.
The wall needs to have openings for wildlife migration. People will also use it for migration.
There are lot of complications with private farmland and it's proximity to the border and the river. US farmers need to access parts of their land that is north of the river but south of the wall. I would assume that they also need to access the river itself for irrigation system pumps.
The wall is a lot more complicated that some folks realize and actual costs have been estimated to be closer to 50 billion.
A bold new plan proposes that the United States and Mexico jointly build a 1,954-mile energy park along the border instead of a wall. The proposal, by 28 prominent U.S. scientists and engineers, says that the effort would bring abundant energy and water to the region while also providing border security and economic stability.
The 5 billion is only for 234 miles of wall.
Highway sound barriers don't have to cross the Rio Grande or withstand it's flooding.
The wall needs to have openings for wildlife migration. People will also use it for migration.
There are lot of complications with private farmland and it's proximity to the border and the river. US farmers need to access parts of their land that is north of the river but south of the wall. I would assume that they also need to access the river itself for irrigation system pumps.
The wall is a lot more complicated that some folks realize and actual costs have been estimated to be closer to 50 billion.