Ladders, buoys considered for deadly border canal
The agency that is lining a border waterway with concrete agreed Tuesday to consider adding ladders and buoys to prevent migrants from drowning when they illegally cross from Mexico into Southern California.
The Imperial Irrigation District is having second thoughts about whether designs for 23 concrete-lined miles of the All-American Canal offer enough protections against drownings. The 80-mile waterway has claimed more than 500 lives since it was built in 1942. The project to limit water seepage will deepen the canal and make the current faster.
