Applications from four defense communities to a DOD program funding transportation improvements at medical facilities growing as a result of BRAC exceeded its $300 million cap, meaning some projects won’t obtain federal funding. Fairfax County submitted the largest funding request, asking for $185 million to widen Route 1 near Fort Belvoir, home of the new Fort Belvoir Community Hospital …
Excess property at the Pueblo Chemical Depot will be disposed of according to the BRAC process the Army confirmed this week, bringing certainty to an issue that had left community leaders increasingly anxious in recent years. The site’s status had come into question after the Pueblo Depot Activity Development Authority received mixed signals from the Army …
The Maryland and Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., and San Antonio may have to split up $300 million in federal funding for transportation improvements at medical facilities growing as a result of BRAC 2005 with a fourth candidate — the Tacoma, Wash., region. Lakewood, Wash., is applying for $5.7 million to upgrade an interchange that connects I-5 to Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord …
Fiscal year 2012 funding for the Office of Economic Adjustment would climb by $31 million over last year’s allocation, under the defense spending bill the Senate Appropriations Committee approved last month. OEA would receive $81.8 million, matching the administration’s budget request …
The city of Alameda has been awarded a $225,000 grant by OEA to prepare an economic development strategy for Alameda Point, the city’s reuse project at the former Naval Air Station Alameda. The strategy is expected to produce a targeted approach to leveraging the city’s existing tenant base and attracting new companies and organizations to the 918-acre site …
OEA released minor revisions Friday to the criteria it will use to award grants for the construction of transportation improvements outside medical facilities gaining new patient care activities as a result of BRAC. The spending bill Congress passed in April allocating funds for the remainder of fiscal 2011 included up to $300 million for states and local agencies to upgrade transportation infrastructure needed to accommodate growth at medical facilities …
The Defense Department released details Friday as to how it would distribute $250 million in funds to construct, renovate, repair or expand elementary and secondary schools operated by local school districts on military installations that are in poor condition or experiencing overcrowding …
Almost half of the 157 elementary and secondary schools on installations operated by local school districts are in good condition and free of capacity issues, according to a senior DOD official. At the other end of the spectrum, about 30 schools need immediate attention due to their condition or because they are experiencing overcrowding …
The House on Friday approved $530 billion in non-emergency defense spending for fiscal 2012, an increase of $17 billion over FY 2011, but a decline of $9 billion compared to President Obama’s proposal. The measure includes funding for several programs of interest to defense communities. Funding for OEA would climb by $41 million to $91.8 million …
Fiscal year 2012 funding for the Office of Economic Adjustment would climb by $41 million to $91.8 million, under the draft defense spending bill the House Appropriations Committee is slated to mark up Tuesday. The agency was allocated $50.8 million for the current year in the spending compromise Congress reached in April …