CBP has announced that a contract has been awarded to begin construction on approximately 11 miles of new border wall in Hidalgo county.

According to a release from U.S Customs and Border Protection, the wall will go from the intersection of Conway Rd and the US International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) levee in Mission and will extend eastward about a quarter mile west of Stewart Rd and the IBWC levee in San Juan.

The contract was awarded to Southwest Valley Constructors Co. on Wednesday, Aug. 7. CBP says the total value of the contract is over $300 million. The new system, which CBP says will be similar to the previously constructed levee wall in 2008, will include all-weather roads, lighting, and enforcement cameras.

CBP adds that the design for the levee wall will consist of steel bollards at a minimum height of 18 feet on top of a concrete wall to the height of the already existing flood levee.

Construction is set to be in late September.