To build Abbott's border barrier, Texas will use surplus wall panels from the federal government

[TexasTowelie]

by Uriel J. García, Texas Tribune


After the Biden administration halted the construction of former President Donald Trump’s border wall, hundreds of unused wall panels were left at construction sites.

Now 1,700 unused panels — declared surplus property by the federal government — have been shipped from California to help build Gov. Greg Abbott’s state-funded wall, according to spokespeople for the U.S. Department of Defense and the Texas Facilities Commission.

The Biden administration halted virtually all work on the federal wall in January 2021. Lt. Col. Chris Mitchell, a spokesperson for the Department of Defense, which had been in charge of awarding some of the federal wall contracts under Trump, said the 32-foot-tall steel bollard panels were at a storage site in San Diego.

The Texas Facilities Commission, the state office in charge of Texas border wall construction, applied in November to receive the surplus panels through the federal government’s General Service Administration, a program that allows nonprofit organizations and state and local governments to receive property the federal government no longer needs.

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/15/texas-border-wall-federal-surplus-abbott/

There are enough panels to build 1.3 miles of border wall.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. 1,700 panels..That'll keep out them immigrants, Gregg...

Go for it buddy. Depending how wide each panel is, that is less than 1,700 feet in length.

[ret5hd]

3. Well, you gotta space them out properly!

[Thomas Hurt]

2. 1.3 miles is enough to look impressive if your photos/videos are fairly tight on Abbott.

Maybe they could bury the Pig under it when the time comes, charge admission.

[brush]

4. Oh, those sound real secure. And there are 1700 of them?

Woohoo! The border is now officially secure. The should stand up much better than trump's measly few completed miles of listing, steel slat barriers that are keeping no one out.

Guess none of these fools ever heard of the Maginot Line, which was supposed to be, in it's time, the strongest, most impenetrable border wall ever.

Hitler's forces just drove their tanks around it.

[Chainfire]

5. He is also going to lower the ocean with a bucket and cool Texas with a giant fan.

His voters love the show.

[DBoon]

6. and prevent power blackouts

by scuffing his patent leather shoes on a nylon carpet

[keithbvadu2]

7. Abbot is also busy eliminating rape in TX.

Abbot is also busy eliminating rape in TX.

Any progress yet, Abbot?

[Javaman]

8. so asshole abbott is continuing this money laundering scheme I see. nt