Trump initially wanted to build a concrete wall along the length of the border but was talked out of it by homeland security officials who said the bollard system is a superior design because it.
Bollard border wall.
A border patrol agent is seen along the border during the official start for the construction of new bollard wall to replace 20 miles of primary vehicle barriers in santa teresa new mexico.
The existing bollard style barrier has been described using both the terms wall and fence the chief of the border patrol in el paso aaron hull said in a.
A steel bollard style wall provides significant impedance and denial capability.
In fiscal year 2017 cbp received 341 million for the construction of approximately 40 miles of new bollard wall and gates in priority areas at the san diego el centro el paso and the rio grande valley sectors.