The old border wall made of military landing platform that stood for years dividing Naco, Arizona, and Naco, Sonora.
Michel Marizco, Fronteras Desk
The United States announced it’s settled on finalists for a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border, setting the stage for the testing of prototypes this summer.
One Arizona company in Scottsdale has said it’s a finalist. But another, Sundt Construction of Tucson, which had a hand in building 100 miles of the current border barrier in the early 2000s, said it never bid on this new venture.
A wide range of proposals have included social protest – a string of hammocks along the entire border – to one Texas firm’s idea of erecting a Plexiglas barrier along the border that can’t be seen through from Mexico.
The selection process is fairly secretive, but companies picked as finalists will build prototypes of their wall ideas in San Diego this July.
This story is from the Fronteras Desk, a collaboration of Southwestern public radio stations, including NPR 89.1. Read more from the Fronteras Desk.
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