Ducey declares Yuma County shipping container walls complete
YUMA, Ariz. (KAWC) – Gov. Doug Ducey declared Yuma County safer on Wednesday and announced work on five gaps in the border wall was completed. Governor Ducey took to Twitter to show off some of the completed sections. He said it only took 43 workers in 11 days to close the gap. They used 130 […]
Ariz. to pay $76M to take down border shipping container wall
(new nation) — After Arizona spent more than $100 million in taxpayer dollars to install shipping containers along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a contract with Ashbulit, the state now has the power to remove them. spent more than $76 million on Shipping containers removed from the border are taken to Yuma State Prison. However, […]
An ‘invitation’ for the cartel: AZ official issues dire warning as container wall comes down
Video footage taken Monday morning showed the demolition of a container wall on the southern Arizona border has begun. “Removing these containers will allow people to walk straight across,” Yuma County Superintendent Jonathan Lines told Fox News before the removals began. , added to an already full plate.” WATCH: Yuma’s Official Concerns Cartels ‘Destroy Our […]
Deconstruction of container wall continues at border in Cochise County
Cochise County, Arizona (KGUN) — Demolition of container walls along the U.S.-Mexico border started in early JanuaryTwo weeks later, 1.6 miles of the 4-mile stretch in Cochise County was cleared. The contract for demolition states that the section will be removed. Coronado National Forestwill cost more than $57 million and will take about 60 days […]
AZ official issues dire warning as container wall comes down
Video footage taken Monday morning showed the demolition of a container wall on the southern Arizona border has begun. “Removing these containers will allow people to walk straight across,” Yuma County Superintendent Jonathan Lines told Fox News before the removals began. , added to an already full plate.” See more FOX News digital originals government […]
Sheriff threatens action against people working on shipping container wall
TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — Santa Cruz County Sheriff David Hathaway said he would take action against contractors hired by Gov. Doug Ducey’s office to fill gaps in the border wall with shipping containers. Threatening. He said construction is currently underway about six miles from the Santa Cruz County line. “This whole project is illegal. It’s […]
Private Developer Gets $1.2 Million in Public Funds for Container Home Project in Phoenix
Funded with $1.2 million in public funds, the Roosevelt Row shipping container model home exhibit will eventually be used to house unprotected people in Phoenix. But first, it helps private companies make money. Local housing experts are divided over whether the new project will spur large-scale development of rapidly moving-in modular homes and the impact […]
Silver Belt | Arizona to remove shipping container wall from Mexico border
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona will tear down a makeshift wall made of shipping containers on the Mexican border to settle lawsuits and political disputes with the U.S. government over trespassing on federal land. . The Biden administration and Republican Gov. Doug Ducey will stop Arizona from setting up containers in the Coronado National Forest, the […]
Arizona’s shipping container wall on border is coming down
Anita Snow Associate Press Former Republican Arizona Governor Doug Ducey’s shipping container border barrier was largely dismantled in time for the new Democratic administration, costing tens of millions of dollars to install and remove in just a few months. The removal of a giant red, gold, and blue iron box is making a major visual […]
Arizona Gov.-Elect Hobbs to stop future work on storage container wall at southern border, including in Yuma County
Howard FisherCapitol Media Services PHOENIX — Arizona Governor-elect Katie Hobbs plans to halt further work to build a wall of storage containers on the state’s southern border. “It’s not our land to put things on,” Governor-elect Hobbes told Capitol Media Services. She said it’s not just a matter of countries doing illegal things. She says […]
