C.B.P. News Release

More than 70 Percent of Tower Construction Completed for SBI’s Northern Border Project in Detroit Sector

Gull Island Tower Construction Completed

(Tuesday, December 01, 2009)

Selfridge ANGB, Mich. – The U.S. Border Patrol’s Detroit Sector Headquarters today announced that the Gull Island Remote Video Surveillance Tower construction has been completed. The Gull Island tower is one of 11 sites being constructed along Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River within the Detroit Sector’s area of operation as part of the Secure Border Initiative Northern Border Project. The construction of the Gull Island tower marks the completion of more than 70 percent of tower construction in the Detroit Sector.

“This site is extrememly unique in that it is located on an island and the specific challenges that are involved with construction in such a remote location,â€