Percy writes:
Maybe Jar knows the status of Trump's border wall efforts along the river, which were pretty draconian, for example:
Taking private property along the river by eminent domain to build the wall
Leaving entire neighborhoods on the far side of the wall
Ignoring all environmental considerations
Much of the property was taken and there was a large amount of initial site preparation done. Dirt roads for future construction were created including cutting into several of the dike structures needed to minimize flooding during our brief but severe rains. A small amount of actual fencing was installed but since nowhere were any of the sections joined up the result has been pointless destruction and lots of erosion with absolutely no positive benefits.
The costs to remedy the damage already done will equal or exceed what was spent already.
As mentioned above lots of the damage will take decades to recover; the damage done to the environment is real and unfortunately we will not know the full extent of damage for several years if not decades.
AbE:
Also, the whole stupid border wall fiasco diverted funding where it really might have helped by increasing the capacities of the current border crossings as well as increasing the services available to handle people bypassing the overloaded current infrastructure.
Edited by jar, : see AbE: