The historic decades-old canal that marks the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso is undergoing a facelift.
The American Canal Lower Reach Replacement Project sits beside the historic Fort Bliss barracks and across the river from the Monument to the New Citizen, colloquially known as the Monument to the Cigarette, in Juárez.
The nearly 90-year-old canal was showing signs of erosion, necessitating repairs. The project aims to improve the structural integrity of the aging canal, reduce water loss through seepage, and improve the canal’s long-term reliability, Frank Fisher, the chief Public Affairs officer for the U.S. section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, said…