HOMELAND SECURITY
National Emergency Response and
Rescue Training Center (NERRTC)/National Domestic Preparedness Consortium;
College Station, Texas; ($35,000,000)
Requested by the Texas
Engineering Extension Service
- NERRTC, one of the four members of the National
Domestic Preparedness Consortium, provides federally approved emergency
responder training. Federal funding is used to pay for courses as directed by
the Department of Homeland Security. NERRTC integrates the Texas Engineering
Extension Service’s world-class training facilities with experienced,
professional instructors and trainers to provide the nation’s emergency
responders with a “one-stop” shop for training, technical assistance and
exercises. NERRTC works with over 40,000 emergency responders annually and
delivers training and services in all 50 states, five U.S. territories, and the
District of Columbia. Since its inception, NERRTC has delivered over
1,700 courses and exercises to 115,000 responders from over 5,000
jurisdictions.
Patient Emergency Relocation
System; Houston, Texas; ($750,000)
Requested by Texas Medical
Center
-
This system will facilitate patient transfers,
including moving patients during emergency conditions, such as natural
disasters and acts of terrorism. Funding will be used to construct an elevated
patient emergency relocation network to support the expansion of the patient
and pedestrian transportation system at Texas Medical Center.
LABOR,
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION
Academic
Success Center; Houston, Texas; Houston, Texas; ($250,000)
Requested
by Houston Baptist University
- The
Academic Success Center at Houston Baptist University (HBU) offers free
peer-based academic mentorship, and provides students with information about
general study skills, as well as subject-specific supplemental instruction in
writing, English language and math. The Academic Success Center has a proven
track record of helping students achieve their academic goals. Funds will be
used to support the center and allow for the purchase of equipment for a
computer lab and software for tracking student achievement.
Breast
Cancer Center Expansion and Renovation; Arlington, Texas; ($500,000)
Requested
by Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth
- Texas
Health Southwest is the only
breast cancer center in rapidly growing southwest Tarrant County. The
Breast Cancer Center serves approximately 60-70 patients per day, 16,000 women
annually, but lacks the room to grow to meet a rapidly growing demand.
This project will help expand the Breast Cancer Center and add needed treatment
facilities.
CHRISTUS
Jasper Memorial Hospital Emergency Department; Jasper, Texas; ($300,000)
Requested
by CHRISTUS Jasper Memorial Hospital
- Built
in 1968, CHRISTUS Jasper Memorial Hospital (CJMH) serves approximately half a
million Texans in the southeast region of the state. It is the only Level
IV trauma center between Beaumont and Lufkin and is the only birth center
within 60 miles. Due to its aging infrastructure, the CJMH Emergency Room
has significant code compliance, electrical, mechanical and plumbing service
problems. This project would renovate and expand CHRISTUS Japer Memorial
Hospital’s (CJMH) Emergency Department in order for it to meet safety and care
standards and to continue providing critical access to care in the southeast
Texas region.
Comprehensive
Children’s Cancer Care; McAllen, Texas; ($750,000)
Requested
by Texas Children’s Hospital
- The
Vannie E. Cook Jr. Children’s Cancer and Hematology Clinic, located in McAllen,
Texas, is the region’s first community-based, state-of-the-art facility
dedicated to providing comprehensive care to local children with cancer and
blood diseases. This project will help fund life-saving care, including
chemotherapy, to an underserved, low-income patient population. Nearly
5,000 patients have received treatment since the Clinic opened, and over the
next year, this project will help the Clinic serve the expected 15 percent
growth in oncology patients, regardless of their ability to pay.
Diabetes
Health and Wellness Institute; Dallas, Texas ($500,000)
Requested
by Baylor Health Care System and the City of Dallas
- Texas
leads the nation with the prevalence of diabetes. The Diabetes Health and
Wellness Institute at the Juanita J. Craft Recreation Center is a
public/private partnership between the City of Dallas and the Baylor Health
Care System using a one-of-a-kind chronic care model to promote positive
lifestyle changes. Funding will help community-based diabetes care and
management for the high-risk Hispanic and African American communities of south
Dallas.
Extended
Studies Initiative; Burleson, Texas; ($400,000)
Requested
by Texas Wesleyan University
- The
Extended Studies Initiative will build on a partnership between the city of
Burleson, Texas Wesleyan University (TWU) and Hill College to provide higher
education opportunities to residents of Burleson, Texas. Funds will be
used to provide distance- and online-education for high school graduates and
adult students. The program will also serve as a model for future
collaborations between public and private institutions of higher education in
extending opportunities for postsecondary education to residents in communities
that lack access to institutions of higher education. The city of Burleson
facilitates access to this TWU-Hill College program through scholarships
awarded by the Burleson Opportunity Fund.
High
Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging Equipment; Houston, Texas; ($500,000)
Requested
by the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
- Currently,
southeast Texas lacks the latest in medical imaging technology, a 7 Tesla
MRI. These funds will help purchase a 7 Tesla MRI, which will equip a
diverse group of academic medical centers in providing higher quality
treatment. This technology will promote research in Multiple Sclerosis,
Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, cardiovascular diseases, neurodeveleopmental
disorders and learning disabilities in children, psychiatric disorders,
including drug abuse, nanomedicine, and mild traumatic brain injury.
Keeping
America Competitive: Consortium for STEM; Tyler, Texas; ($500,000)
Requested
by The University of Texas at Tyler
- The
"Keeping America Competitive: Consortium for STEM Preparation for
Engineering" project at the University of Texas-Tyler focuses on reforming
science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education to keep Texas
competitive in producing scientists and engineers. Funds will be used to
prepare educators to teach advanced STEM (AP) coursework in secondary schools
and for curriculum development and evaluation.
Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit Expansion; Dallas, Texas; ($500,000)
Requested
by Children’s Medical Center Dallas
- Children’s
Medical Center Dallas provides high-quality, specialized care to children from
across the north central Texas region as well as from referring areas across
Texas and its contiguous states. Children’s 19-bed Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit (NICU) currently serves critically ill newborns, but the
current number of beds is inadequate to meet the increased patient
demand. This project will help fund life-saving medical equipment and
supplies to continue the critical expansion of the Children’s NICU.
Nursing
Education Initiative; San Antonio, Texas; ($500,000)
Requested
by Our Lady of the Lake University
- There
is a Texas-wide shortage of nurses and nurse educators, professionals who are critical
to the health care delivery system. This project will help Our Lady of
the Lake University establish nursing education programs for the San Antonio
area, including a baccalaureate nursing program (RN-BSN) and a Master’s degree
(RN-MSN) program. Funding will be used for developing curriculum and
equipping the campus for specialized nursing training.
Primary
Care Site Enhancements; Atlanta, Texas; ($500,000)
Requested
by Atlanta Memorial Hospital
- Atlanta
Memorial, serving northeast Texas, is one of the primary-care providers to the
community’s 40,000 residents and contributes approximately $30 million to the
local economy. The 40-year old hospital’s outdated care delivery sites
and nurse stations need modernizing in order to meet current care delivery
standards. These funds will help finish Atlanta Memorial patient room
renovations, install new communication systems, and bring the 40-year old
facility up to code. This project will increase access to primary care
services in the northeast Texas region.
Technology
Program Expansion; Marshall, Texas; ($600,000)
Requested
by Texas State Technical College (TSTC) Marshall
- The
City of Marshall and Texas State Technical College (TSTC) Marshall will use the
funds to purchase equipment needed to expand capacity in high-demand programs
at Texas State Technical College Marshall, including the Industrial Maintenance
Technology, the Diesel Equipment Technology, the Lineman and the Welding
programs. These programs provide adult students with critical job training
in high-demand career fields. Funding would help TSTC reduce the waiting
lists for admission and increase the available pool of skilled labor in these
high-need areas.
Texas
Mobile Labs: STEM in Motion; East Texas; ($2,000,000)
Requested
by The University of Texas at Tyler, Texas A&M University-Commerce, Texas
A&M University-Texarkana, Texas College, Jarvis Christian College
- Students
in rural schools often lack access to science laboratories and equipment.
In addition, rural schools are challenged to recruit and retain qualified
science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) teachers. For this
reason, five institutions of higher education in East Texas (UT Tyler,
TAMU-Commerce, and TAMU-Texarkana and Texas College and Jarvis Christian
College) will work in a consortium to provide five Mobile STEM Labs to
serve close to 40 counties and over 100 school districts in East Texas.
These funds will help teachers prepare students for college by providing access
to STEM equipment, engineering equipment, and labs.
Thriving
Minds After-School; Dallas, Texas; ($500,000)
Requested
by Big Thought
- An
important component of improving student achievement is providing students with
access to quality afterschool programs. This funding would support the
expansion of the Thriving Minds Afterschool (TMAS) program to 190 campuses in
the Dallas metropolitan area. The TMAS program links afterschool learning
with in-school curriculum for elementary and middle school students. The
program is focused on ensuring students remain in school and increase academic
achievement.
Training
for Chronically Homeless Veterans; San Antonio, Texas; ($250,000)
Requested
by Haven for Hope of Bexar County
- According
to the Veterans Administration, one-third of adult homeless men and nearly one-quarter
of all homeless adults have served in the military. Haven for Hope will
use the requested funds to provide specialized counseling and transition
management to chronically homeless veterans in order to promote
self-sufficiency. Haven for Hope is a direct service provider for the homeless
and provides job training geared to the needs of the homeless in the central,
south central and south eastern regions of Texas.
Wind
Turbine Technician Training; San Antonio, Texas ($500,000)
Requested
by St. Philips College
- Texas
is currently a national leader in wind energy generation. The funds will help
St. Philips College expand its Power Generation and Alternative Energy Program
to provide additional training for technicians to repair wind turbines to
respond to growing demand. St. Philip’s College is a minority serving
institution and the only college in the country to be designated as both a
Historically Black College and a Hispanic Serving Institution.
FINANCIAL
SERVICES
Workforce
Development Training Project; Pasadena, Texas; ($537,000)
Requested by San Jacinto College
- This
funding will allow San Jacinto College to expand workforce development programs
to train workers to become welders, pipefitters and nondestructive testing
personnel for the domestic energy industry. The project will also enable San
Jacinto College instructors to move from a board-drafting lab to a
computer-aided drafting lab, and will involve training in basic math skills so
that individuals may enter or reenter the workforce with marketable skills.
Coastal
Blend Business Continuity Planning Initiative; Corpus Christi, Texas;
($100,000)
Requested by
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
- This
funding will allow Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi to assist 300
regional businesses with the development of business continuity
plans. Through the initiative, the university will design a training
process, certify instructors, provide focused regional education, and
supervised, trained university students will assist businesses in preparation
of their plans.
INTERIOR
Arsenic Water
Treatment; Midland, Texas; ($750,000)
Requested by the City of Midland
- This
project will provide for the construction of a water treatment facility that
will reduce the levels of arsenic and fluoride that occur naturally in
Midland’s groundwater supplies. Additionally,
this project will enable Midland to use more groundwater from the Paul Davis
aquifer, thereby conserving more surface water resources from local reservoirs
and benefitting surrounding communities.
Beaumont Sewer
Line Rehabilitation; Beaumont, Texas; $1,000,000
Requested by the City of Beaumont
- Funding
will be used to rehabilitate the City of Beaumont’s aging sewer system, which
is estimated have 750 miles––or sixty percent––of lines in need of repair. The system’s degradation is a potential public
health hazard, and the City has committed to over $2 million annually to repair
sewer lines.
Fort Bend County
Water Treatment Grants; Houston, Texas; Technical Corrections
Requested
by the Brazos River Authority (BRA)
- The
Brazos River Authority (BRA) is requesting two technical corrections be
included in the 2011 Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill to change the
recipient of two previously awarded Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
grants from the Brazos River Authority to the Cities of Richmond and Rosenberg
(Cities). FY04 EPA Grant -
$482,100; FY05 EPA Grant - $96,200
Lake #7 Project;
Lubbock, Texas; ($500,000)
Requested by the City of Lubbock
- This
funding will be used to support a feasibility study. Lake #7 is a
proposed reservoir to be located on the North Fork of the Brazos River about 5
miles southeast of Lubbock. The Lake # 7 reservoir will supplement the
water supply for the City of Lubbock which also supplies some of the
surrounding communities with water. This structure will provide consistent
management and flows by retaining and storing these developed waters. It
will benefit Lubbock as well as providing more consistent flow to area southeast
of Lubbock.
Lanana Creek
Storm Mitigation; Nacogdoches, Texas; ($1,500,000)
Requested by the City of Nacogdoches
- The funding requested will allow the City to continue its
work to design and construct detention ponds to prevent flooding from Lanana
Creek in Nacogdoches. Flooding has the
potential to submerge all bridges to Stephen F. Austin State University and the
neighboring community, which would
prevent access by emergency and medical services.
National
Urban Air Toxics Research Center; Houston, Texas; ($1,000,000)
Requested
by the Mickey Leland National Urban Air Toxics Research Center
- Funding
will support the research program at the Mickey Leland National Urban Air
Toxics Research Center (NUATRC), which studies the effects of air toxics on
human health. The Center’s studies will
fill critical data gaps in understanding air toxics exposures in children that
attend schools near busy roadways, border area residents, port neighborhoods,
and residents living near oil and gas production sites. Each of the proposed studies will provide
critical information for these underserved communities, and will better inform
public health decisions affecting these communities.
Septic
Tank Elimination Program (STEP); Keller, Texas; ($500,000)
Requested
by the City of Keller
- The
project will provide for the construction of sewer mains and subdivision sewers
to collect sewage from residential areas in the City of Keller. The use of septic tanks in unsuitable soil
types has caused backup and overflows resulting in substantial bacteria and
nitrate levels, which can contaminate the surface and ground waters both in
Keller and in surrounding cities.
Funding for the STEP will be used to convert the existing system to one
that safeguards domestic water wells from the threat of contamination.
South Texas
Water Treatment Plant; Laredo, Texas; ($1,000,000)
Requested by the City of Laredo
- In order to meet the water availability and quality
requirements of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality the City of
Laredo is requesting funding for the construction of a 20 million gallon per
day (MGD) Water Treatment Plant (WTP).
The City of Laredo is growing at a very rapid pace and the existing
Jefferson WTP is nearing capacity. The
new plant will be located upriver of the City on the Rio Grande and ensure
delivery of water to areas in the northern and eastern parts of Laredo.
Thompsons
Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant; Bryan, Texas; ($1,000,000)
Requested by the
City of Bryan
- Funding will be used for the construction of
a new 2.0 million gallons-per-day (MGD)
wastewater treatment plant facility, which will increase capacity and
consolidate up to four existing wastewater treatment facilities in the
Bryan-College Station area. This
facility will also provide the resources necessary for future biomedical
research facilities to be built in conjunction with the Texas A&M Health
Science Center.
Waco Mammoth
Site; Waco, Texas; Report Language
Requested by the City of Waco
- The
Waco Mammoth site contains the world’s largest known
concentration of prehistoric woolly mammoths that died of a single cause. Legislative efforts to make the site a
permanent unit of the National Park System (NPS) are ongoing. The NPS will then be responsible for ensuring
the site’s protected status, and will oversee its use for visitor tourism and
scientific study. The language will
direct the NPS to start formulating plans for the site.
Wastewater
Treatment Plant Expansion; Edinburg,
Texas ($1,000,000)
Requested by the City of Edinburg
- Funding
will be used for the expansion of Edinburg’s wastewater treatment plant from 6.7 million gallons-per-day (MGD) to 12.3 MGD. The Texas Commission for Environmental
Quality has issued a notice of non-compliance for inadequate flow and plant
capacity, and will assess fines unless the existing plant is expanded to meet
state and federal standards.
Water System
Storage Improvements; Kennedale, Texas; ($745,000)
Requested by the City of Kennedale
- Funding
will provide for the construction of a ground storage tank and a high service
pump station, which will enable the City to meet water consumption demands as
well as new groundwater disinfection rules.
Kennedale does not currently meet the Texas Commission for Environmental
Quality’s required water system capabilities and is currently operating under a
grandfather waiver.
Water and
Sanitary Sewer Lines; Helotes, Texas; ($1,000,000)
Requested by the City of Helotes
- Funding
will be used to install water and sanitary sewer lines in Helotes. This will provide water resources to an area
without water and sewer lines, and will also protect underground drinking water
from contaminants.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Naval Air Station Kingsville:
Aircraft Fire and Rescue Station, Orange Grove; Kingsville, Texas; ($4,993,000)
- This funding will provide for the construction of a dedicated
facility for aircraft fire and rescue operations, supporting and enabling fire
and rescue personnel to provide necessary and efficient responses in emergency
situations. Fire and rescue operations at Naval Air Station Kingsville’s
Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Orange Grove are currently housed in a shared
facility, which is overcrowded and inadequate to accommodate the necessary
expansion of aircraft fire and rescue operations.
Fort Bliss: Chapel Center; El
Paso, Texas; ($15,500,000)
- At this time, Fort Bliss lacks sufficient chapel facilities to meet
the needs of its increasing population of soldiers and their families.
Fort Bliss is experiencing a huge growth, from a 2008 baseline of approximately
16,900 soldiers to roughly 33,422 soldiers by Fiscal Year 2012. These
soldiers will be accompanied by an estimated 47,806 family members, effectively
making it the Army’s third largest post. This funding will provide for
the construction of a new chapel center in the East Bliss area.
Randolph Air Force Base: Fire
Crash Rescue Station; San Antonio, Texas; ($12,500,000)
- This project will provide a modern facility that safely supports
and enables fire and emergency services personnel to provide appropriate and
timely responses in emergency situations, and ultimately save lives. The
existing facility was constructed in 1966 and does not meet National Fire
Protection Association standards and guidelines, as specified by the Air Force
Fire Station Facilities Design Guide. It is also 11,000 square feet short
of the required space to support fire and emergency operations on base.
Fort Sam Houston: MEDLOG
Company Motorpool; San Antonio, Texas; ($10,600,000)
- This project will construct a standard design tactical vehicle
maintenance facility and company operations facility, which is necessary to
support the administrative and maintenance requirement for a unit stationed at
Fort Sam Houston. The existing facility lacks sufficient space for the
consolidation of all organizational requirements, is inadequate to meet the
needs of a modern equipped unit, and presents safety hazards and accident
potential. Without this new facility, equipment maintenance would
continue to degrade and the operational posture of the unit would be negatively
impacted.
Fort Hood: Modified Record Fire
Range; Killeen, Texas; ($3,500,000)
- This project will provide for the construction of a standard
design Modified Record Fire Range, fulfilling a requirement for a permanent
facility to support current programs to train and test individual Soldiers on
the skills necessary to identify, engage, and defeat stationary infantry
targets with rifles, including the M16 and M4. Without this project,
sufficient training on small arms ranges would not be available for the
prescribed programs of instruction.
Ellington Field Joint Reserve
Base: Security Forces Facility; Houston, Texas; ($5,800,000)
- This project will construct a single facility to support a
security forces squadron mission. Currently, squadron operations are
dispersed among three separate facilities, one of which does not meet current
Air Force regulations for security. Without this new facility, the
squadron will be unable to operate as efficiently as possible, and its ability
to perform both its day-to-day mission and its homeland defense mission will be
negatively impacted.
TRANSPORTATION,
HOUSING, AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Andrews
County Widening of SH176; Andrews, Texas; ($1,500,000)
Requested
by Andrews County
- Nuclear
waste sites in the area have increased truck traffic dramatically in recent
years on SH176 and several fatal accidents have occurred. These funds will be
used to install passing lanes from the City of Andrews to the New Mexico state
line. Passing lanes will provide a safer road for area residents and the
nuclear industry.
Central
City, Trinity River Vision Project; Fort Worth, Texas; ($10,000,000)
Requested
by the Tarrant Regional Water District
- These
funds will help with design, engineering and construction of bridges on SH 199
and US Business 287 as part of the Trinity River Vision Project in Fort Worth,
TX. The aging levee system in the Central City area is being replaced by a
flood control project that consists of a bypass channel and related roads and
bridges to span the channel. This project will turn the aging industrial area
adjacent to downtown into a vibrant waterfront community.
Denton
Downtown Improvement Project; Denton, Texas; ($1,652,000)
Requested
by the City of Denton
- These
funds will be used to upgrade streets and associated sidewalks in downtown
Denton, making it safer for pedestrians. The resulting corridor will
provide a critical link between two local universities, a new commuter rail
station and transit facility, and other central Denton employment and
commercial centers.
East
Loop; Brownsville, Texas; ($4,000,000)
Requested
by Cameron County
- These
funds will be used for the completion of environmental work, planning, design
and engineering for a new four lane urban street. It will facilitate the
movement of goods and services by redirecting commercial traffic out of
downtown Brownsville and providing a direct connection for commercial traffic
leaving the Veteran’s International Bridge with the Port of Brownsville and
U.S. 77/83.
Fredericksburg
Road Bus Rapid Transit Corridor; San Antonio, Texas; ($1,000,000)
Requested
by San Antonio VIA Metropolitan Transit
- These
funds will help VIA Metropolitan Transit to begin construction of a 10-mile Bus
Rapid Transit (BRT) line. The project will connect San Antonio’s two major employment
centers - the downtown business district and the South Texas Medical Center -
to reduce congestion and delays and facilitate region-wide access to
high-growth employment zones.
Houston
Terminal Rail Improvements; Houston, Texas; ($2,000,000)
Requested
by Gulf Coast Rail District
- These
funds will be used to undertake preliminary engineering and design, including
environmental assessment, for rail improvements on the Houston Belt &
Terminal and the Port Terminal Railroad Association track. Ten percent of the
rail traffic in the United States is handled in Houston and these tracks have
been identified as the greatest sources of delay for goods movement by rail
through the Houston region. This project will save time at grade crossings,
reduce locomotive emissions and improve safety.
Interstate
69 Texas; Statewide; ($1,000,000)
Requested
by the Alliance for I-69 Texas
- These
funds will be used to obtain environmental clearances for the development of
I-69 in Texas, in particular upgrading highways 77, 281, and 59 to interstate
standards. I-69 has been recognized by Congress as a national transportation
priority. It will serve as an important corridor from Laredo and the Lower Rio
Grande Valley through Houston, Texarkana, and eight other states.
Loop
82 Railroad Overpass; San Marcos, Texas; ($3,000,000)
Requested
by the City of San Marcos
- The
Union Pacific Railroad bisects the City of San Marcos with an average of 47
trains per day. The existing at-grade crossing results in increased risk for
automobile/railroad accidents and significant trip delays on Loop 82, the major
arterial road connecting Texas State University with Interstate 35. These funds
will help the City of San Marcos with the design, right-of-way acquisition and
construction of a 4-lane railroad overpass and associated frontage roads to
improve safety through increased mobility.
Northwest/Southeast
Light Rail Transit; Dallas, Texas; ($86,250,000)
Requested
by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)
- These
funds will help Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) with construction activities
on the 28 mile Northwest/Southeast Light Rail Project, also known as the Green
Line. The Green Line is expected to be completed by 2013. DART
anticipates that the Green Line will add approximately 60,000 daily riders to
the system, which will have a positive impact on congestion and air quality
issues currently facing the North Texas region.
RM
620 Overpass at Union Pacific Railroad; Round Rock, Texas; ($2,000,000)
Requested
by the City of Round Rock
- These
funds will be used to help the City of Round Rock construct a four-lane
bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad crossing near Interstate 35 and Chisholm
Trail. Construction of this overpass will increase safety and mobility on RM
620, a main thoroughfare providing access to area schools, medical facilities,
residential communities, and businesses.
South
Center Street Bridge; Arlington, Texas; ($5,000,000)
Requested
by the City of Arlington
- These
funds will help the City of Arlington construct the South Center Street
Bridge over Interstate 20. Construction of this bridge will improve mobility
and access to the Arlington Municipal Airport, Tarrant County College, and a
business district immediately north of Interstate 20.
Tower
55 Improvement Project; Fort Worth, Texas; ($2,500,000)
Requested
by the City of Fort Worth
- Tower
55, located just south of downtown Fort Worth, Texas, is one of the most
congested rail intersections in the nation with delays near the tower that
often exceed 90 minutes per train. This project will complete final design
engineering and environmental permitting for the construction of an at-grade
improvement project including the installation of a new north/south mainline,
new signaling, bridge upgrades, and improved street and pedestrian crossings.
This project would remedy delays, improving freight and passenger train
mobility in the South Central United States.
US190
Widening; Killeen, Texas; ($3,700,000)
Requested
by the City of Killeen
- The
project will support the widening of U.S. Highway 190 from Fort Hood to the
City of Killeen. The funds will go toward right-of-way acquisition and
utility relocation. Fort Hood is home to more than 47,000 soldiers, and the
area serves some 420,000 active duty soldiers, military retirees, family
members, and support personnel. The project is critical to
movement/deployment of troops from Fort Hood.
West
Ninth Avenue Extension and Overpass Construction; Belton, Texas; ($1,600,000)
Requested
by City of Belton
- These
funds will help the City of Belton extend West Ninth Avenue and construct an
overpass that will connect TX-317 with Loop 121. The project will alleviate
congestion, promote public safety and facilitate economic development by
opening new areas of the city and diverting thru traffic away from the downtown
business district.