[TimesofSanDiego] Construction upgrades to a 14-mile stretch of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico Border began Friday, Customs and Border Protection confirmed.The project area begins roughly one half-mile from the Pacific Ocean and extends eastward to the base of Otay Mountain.
"One of Border Patrol's top priority projects," according to CBP, it is the third to begin this year as part of the Trump administration's proposed "border wall."
Other projects are underway in Calexico and New Mexico, where two-mile and 20-mile stretches of border, respectively, are being upgraded.
"Under this president's leadership, we have a renewed commitment to secure our border," said Ronald Vitiello, CBP acting deputy commissioner. "The new primary wall-project represents an important milestone in our work to secure the international border."