Associated Press - November 9, 2009 12:55 PM ET

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - The U.S. government has agreed to build a removable border fence segment between the Rio Grande and a Brownsville city park.

In so doing, the government's scrapping previous plans that would have erected permanent fencing in the downtown park.

The Brownsville Herald reports the fence will skirt the southern edge of Alice Wilson Hope Park. That'll preserve the space and leaving open the possibility for riverfront development.

The temporary solution had been under negotiation for months and has been used in other areas where flood concerns didn't allow the government to build permanent fencing.

Information from: The Brownsville Herald, http://www.brownsvilleherald.com

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