Pentagon Awards $976 Million in Border Wall Contracts

The U.S.–Mexico border where the fence ends at the side of a rocky mountain in the desert near Yuma, Ariz., on May 25, 2018. The U.S. is on the right side of the fence. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

The Department of Defense awarded two contracts worth nearly $1 billion on April 9 for the construction of border walls in New Mexico and Arizona.

The department awarded $789 million to SLSCO Ltd., a builder based in Galveston, Texas, to replace a border wall in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. The department also awarded $187 million to Barnard Construction Co. Inc., a builder based in Bozeman, Montana, to replace pedestrian barriers in Yuma, Arizona. Both projects should be completed by October 2020.