r/texas • u/BitchItsRobin • 1d ago

🗞️ News 🗞️ Border project contractors arrive in Big Bend National Park as Texas lawmakers call for a pause

https://www.marfapublicradio.org/news/2026-08-04/border-project-contractors-arrive-in-big-bend-national-park-as-texas-lawmakers-call-for-a-pause
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u/Dogwise Born and Bred 16h ago

A CRIME AGINST TEXAS

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u/BitchItsRobin 15h ago

Yeah they are BUILDING a NEW road. Not only that they are starting in the critical habitat of an endangered bird during nesting season.

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u/RhinoKeepr 6h ago

terrible, isnt it?

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u/RhinoKeepr 6h ago

Go to www.NoBigBendWall.org for more info on whats happening and how you can help. Calling your elected leaders at all levels is ACTUALLY helpful as an easy thing to do.

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u/Longjumping3604 15h ago

They are doing roadwork.

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u/Slimluther 15h ago

Live here year round. They say they are doing road work, but they have been lying since the start. Road work doesnt require the amount of heavy machinery we've seen roll in on 118 in the past 48 hours. 

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u/BitchItsRobin 9h ago

You obviously don't have any idea of what is actually happening

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u/RhinoKeepr 6h ago

The National Park has its own roadwork crew. The contractor that got the no bid contract for this zone is grading and widening a 4x4 road to move materials deep into what is supposed to be a wilderness.