Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s office yesterday told the federal government he will be removed Makeshift Shipping Container Barrier He built both in the Coronado National Forest in Cochise County and near Yuma, Arizona, along the U.S.-Mexico border.The contract was filed as regulations in federal court.
Agreement came a week after federal decision filed a lawsuit Governor Ducey and Arizona for encroaching on federal land and dumping hundreds of double-stacked shipping containers in the wilderness along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Since the project began in late October, workers have frantically deployed hundreds of shipping containers along the Arizona-Sonora border in southern Cochise County, forming a destabilizing barrier, A notch was cut into an otherwise pristine oak meadow.
by Complaint Federally Filed December 14, Shipping Container “It damages federal land, threatens public safety, and interferes with the ability of federal agencies and officials, including law enforcement, to perform their official duties.”
Under the terms of the new rule, the shipping container that Ducey has installed near Yuma, Arizona, will be removed by January 4, 2023, although there is no clear timeline for removing the barrier in Cochise County. Not established.
Ducey’s term ended in early January, and his successor, Democrat Katie Hobbs, said: promised Take office to remove shipping containers. It is unclear whether the incoming administration will be held responsible for removing Cochise County’s shipping container barriers.
The combined budget for the Yuma and Cochise County projects is over $108 million, but it’s unclear how much of that budget has already been spent given the suspension of projects in Cochise County. Both contracts were awarded to AshBritt, a private disaster management company. history Donating funds illegally to pro-Trump super PACs.
It’s unclear if AshBritt will also win the contract to remove the container, but since they’re already contracted to work on the project, they could be the company tasked with the removal as well. If so, the removal work could be a way to keep public funds siphoned into the company.
In late November, a group of activists and locals Project blockade initiated In Cochise County, their bodies were placed between heavy equipment and wilderness areas facing imminent destruction. By getting in the way, the blockaders were able to block further placement of shipping containers for weeks until the governor’s office announced it was closing the project.
After successfully blocking workers began to transport Hundreds of shipping containers from the staging area to the Arizona State Penitentiary complex south of Tucson. There, containers were stacked around the perimeter of the prison’s corrugated fence.
Updated December 23, 2022: so Press release Activists and community members sent Thursday night camped in the walls of a makeshift shipping container to block construction, but their concerns over an agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of Arizona Shared thoughts:
“Without the tenacity and dedication of the Border Wall Resistance volunteers, the damage done to Coronado National Forest would have been far greater. I could not do it.”
they went on to say “This legal agreement substantiates our contention that the wall is illegal, destructive and must be stopped immediately.”
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