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Originally Posted by Robbie
I wonder how much land they would need to put up a border wall. I'm assuming there is already some kind of dirt roads right on the border already for the border patrol to use?
So if they needed to use some land...how much would they need? A hundred feet back from the border? Not much more than they would use for a road.
They don't need to "take" ALL the land from people. Just enough for the size of an average back yard to put up a wall.
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That's a good question. I googled this for a few minutes but I couldn't find much except this
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin...ll-cost-710130
I'm no engineer, but the wall needs to be wide and tall and strong so it will therefore be heavy and large. That means big trucks to bring the parts in, more big machines to dig into the ground, pour cement or whatever, install the wall, etc. There are maybe a dozen or so of those vehicles coming in and out plus support vehicles, support staff, things like porta-potties and other things.
The more room that the government grabs to build the wall, the faster they can build it. If they only grab a little, then it means bottlenecks and higher costs.
And besides building the wall itself, they also need to build roads to support all those trucks. Sure the roads are just dirt, but they need to be cleared, dug, compressed and compressed again to support the weight of all that stuff.
And since the wall will be so big, it means maybe draining & filling some lake, clear cutting some forests, damming or diverting rivers, etc. Some people would lose most of their land or have it damaged beyond repair. Some businesses would be affected or maybe wiped-out too.
It would be good to see a demand letter from the US Government to a land owner telling them how much land they need to give up. I'm guessing it would be almost the same amount for most people, but for others I'm guessing it could be more.
Good luck Texans!