Construction begins to replace border wall in California

[Kilgore]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/construction-begins-replace-border-wall-california-53252076

The federal government began work Wednesday on replacing border wall in California, the first wall contract awarded in the Trump administration outside of eight prototypes that were built last year in San Diego.

Customs and Border Protection is replacing a little more than 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) in downtown Calexico, a sliver of the president's plan for a "big, beautiful wall" with Mexico. A barrier built in the 1990s from recycled metal scraps and landing mat will be torn down for bollard-style barriers that are 30 feet (9.1 meters) high, significantly taller than existing walls.

[Kablooie]

1. Well, those old fences do need replacing.

In certain populated areas a border fence is needed and a bollard fence is probably a cost effective way to do it.
It's not a wall though. You can't see through a wall.

[BigmanPigman]

2. The CA Dem State Convention is in San Diego this weekend.

I wonder if they will make the 40 min drive to the border to check out the wall that Mexico is paying for.