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'Virtual fence' is planned for border

The Arizona Daily Star

The Border Patrol announced plans Tuesday evening for future construction of a "virtual fence" of high-tech towers, sensors and lights along 262 miles of the Arizona-Mexico border.

The agency didn't provide a timetable or divulge details about where the towers and lighting will go but Tuesday's meeting in Tucson marked the beginning of an environmental assessment process required by federal law for the Department of Homeland Security's latest high-tech border solution: SBInet.

The SBInet pilot project, Project 28, is installed in a 28-mile stretch flanking Sasabe. The Boeing Co.-led effort has yet to become operational due to software programming problems.

Posted by Editor at July 18, 2007 12:23 AM

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