By Billie Jo Jannen
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| Victor Leon of Potrero and Rudolfo Reyes of Campo put a raked finish on the drying concrete at the base of the border fence in the far western portion of Campo. They are working on the south side of the fence, which is constructed a short distance north of the border inside the border "buffer zone." Workers on the fence have been harassed by suspected smugglers on the Mexican side and there was at least one incident of rock-throwing toward U.S. workers. |
February 16, 2009 (Campo) — Of the 670 miles of infrastructure
built along the Southwest border as of January '09, about 10.5 miles of primary
fencing was in San Diego County and most of that, about 9.75 miles, was in
rural East County. An additional 2.6 miles in Marron Valley, south of Dulzura,
is funded and expected to be completed this year.
The fence, itself, stands 18 feet above the ground, according Agent Jerry
Conlin of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. It is sunk into a footing of
concrete - six feet deep and two feet wide - and made up of steel tubes filled
with concrete, called bollards. The bollards stand upright in steel framework
with their feet buried in the concrete.
