US Settles Border Wall Suit Against Contractor Fisher Sand & Gravel

Abstract

North Dakota-based contractor Fisher Sand & Gravel has settled a lawsuit brought by the US government over flood risks posed by a separate 3.5-mile privately funded wall the company built in 2019. The $42-million steel bollard fence fence fence was showing signs of erosion and instability and was in violation of a treaty with Mexico under the International Boundary and Water Commission. Texas officials and an adjacent non-profit wildlife center also sued. Opponents had pushed previously to have the wall. The federal government also sued over the project.