Feds announce plans to rebuild border fence

Posted: 03/01/2011
Last Updated: 2 hours and 48 minutes ago

* By: Anthony DeWitt, ABC15.com

NOGALES, AZ - With immigration issues heating up in Arizona, the federal government has announced that it will begin rebuilding a stretch of border fence in the southern part of our state.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Tuesday that construction to replace an estimated 2.8 miles of outdated primary-pedestrian fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border would begin in mid-March.

This border fence is adjacent to the city of Nogales, and when rebuilt will reportedly strengthen the security of the southwest border in the Arizona Tucson Sector.

According to a news release from the CBP, the new project will replace “landing matâ€