Pantera said:
Updated map from DHS website as of this morning. The entire project in the park will be a 24 foot wide road, with clearings up to 160 feet wide around it. Maybe if there was any transparency from the DHS or CBP regarding there actual plans, people would have a better idea of what is going on.
I'm all for the use of drone tech, cameras spread out (with no lights because why? we have night vision and heat mapping), satellite imagery, and other "non-invasive" border protection measures, but clearing this region for a huge road when less than 1% of all border crossings occur in the region (of which the park is only a small portion of) is asinine. The only good thing is now that there is largely bipartisan opposition at the state level, Trump's ego may make him back down from the proposed project and use the tech we have instead of needing a physical barrier of any sort in the park itself.
Where are you getting your information on width, clearing width etc? Seems like pure speculation. Someone else claimed they are going to dynamite a mountain to build a road but again that's pure speculation. Same with the technology that people are sure will be nothing more than stadium lights, again, fear porn.
The funny part is that there are already roads all over the park including a paved one that goes through the mountains to get to Santa Elena Canyon. And of course there is the road from Lajitas to Ojinga which is considered one of the most scenic drives in Texas, yet somehow a road along the river in the park is the most destructive thing ever that's going to ruin the entire Big Bend region. In 6 months this will blow over and a year or two from now people won't even know anything changed.
