The advanced technology that will be used to equip the border fence being built by the Government to regulate cross-border commercial and migratory flows will allow vigilant authorities to respond in a time of between five and six minutes to any eventuality or movement that may occur.
"The technological means, if they detect any event against the fence, plus the double path of this, will allow the units to respond in less than five to six minutes," declared Luis Alberto Casanova, director of construction of (Cofad), the consortium in charge of the work.
Yesterday, Sunday, while overseeing the progress of the border fence construction in Dajabón, President Luis Abinader estimated that the project would be completed in the second quarter of 2024. The estimated construction budget is 1.75 billion pesos.
The president reiterated that the border wall has three stages of construction, the first of which will be completed next year and has the funds available for the second stage of 112 kilometers, while the third would constitute the technological and strategic surveillance equipment, allowing it to be inaugurated in the second quarter of 2024.
He clarified that some 54 kilometers have roads on both sides, to allow for more effective surveillance in the area where 60% of the Haitian border population is concentrated.
"It's good to know that the 54 kilometers of the first of three construction stages will have two access roads on both sides. We are 12 meters from the border. Why was it done this way? So that no one from Haiti can get too close to the fence, because otherwise that becomes a matter of defense," the president emphasized.
In Dajabón, a total of approximately 2.7 kilometers of fencing have been erected to date.
The fence will have 20 watchtowers, 11 access gates, motion sensors, high-capacity drones with thermal and night vision, ground mobility equipment and vehicles, among other measures.
The smart fence in Jimaní
Regarding the construction process in Jimaní, it was reported that there are 17 kilometers, which are divided into three sections, one of 14 kilometers that goes from tower 239 that starts in Las Lajas and ends in 248.
Construction of the border wall began with the president breaking ground on February 20th of this year. The first phase will cover 54 kilometers. It will be followed by a second phase that will complete a 173-kilometer extension, out of a total of 391.6 kilometers that make up the border.
During his visit to Dajabón, President Abinader was accompanied by the First Lady, Raquel Arbaje; the Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Carlos Luciano Díaz Morfa; the Commanding General of the Army, Major General Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre; the Director of the Specialized Corps for Border and Land Security (Cesfront), Brigadier General Frank Mauricio Cabrera Rizek; the Governor of Dajabón, Rosalba Milagros Peña; and the Deputy Darío Zapata.
Similarly, the mayor, Santiago Riverón Arias; the director of the San Ignacio de Loyola Polytechnic, Father José Núñez; the general director of Border Development, Ramón Ernesto Pérez Tejada; the provincial director of Civil Defense, Luciano Domínguez.
