A portion of border wall between US and Mexico in Arizona. (Image: Adobe Stock)

Funded by CBP鈥檚 Fiscal Year 2021 appropriations, the agency said the project aims to close fencing gaps left by cancelled contracts during the Biden administration. The Tucson Sector is one of the busiest along the southern border for illegal crossings and smuggling activity,

It is the second federal award for a US-Mexico border wall of US President Donald Trump鈥檚 second term. In March, Granite Construction secured a $70.3 million design-build contract to construct seven miles of wall in Hidalgo County, Texas.

Granite wins first border wall construction contract of Trump鈥檚 second term Granite Construction has won the first border wall construction contract of US President Trump鈥檚 second term in office

The renewed federal push follows Texas鈥檚 quiet defunding of its own state-run wall construction earlier this month. That programme completed just 65 miles 鈥� or about 8% of the initial proposal 鈥� at a cost of more than $3 billion. With no new funding included in the state鈥檚 latest budget and no additional wall segments planned it鈥檚 expected that the federal government could pick up the lapsed project funding.

Also in the CBP release is the announcement that US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem signed an environmental waiver to accelerate wall construction, specifically in Texas鈥檚 Rio Grande Valley Sector. The waiver enables DHS to bypass environmental laws to speed delivery of a developing border wall project, which covers nine miles already awarded and includes options for an additional eight miles.

Fisher Sand & Gravel, part of North Dakota, US-based Fisher Industries, previously built wall sections in Arizona and Texas in President Trump鈥檚 first term.

Work on the new Arizona stretch is expected to finish in late 2026.