Senator Thomas R. Carper | Legislation & Congressional Services for Delawareans

Appropriations Requests - FY2009

Sens. Joe Biden and Tom Carper (both D-Del.) released details of the Fiscal Year 2009 funding requests that they have submitted to the Senate Appropriations Committee.

"Federal appropriations play crucial roles in improving the lives of Delawareans. Over the years, they have helped renovate our hospitals, finance cutting-edge research at the University of Delaware, equip our police, and provide for our men and women in the armed forces, among many other benefits. The projects we've requested this year continue in that tradition," said Sens. Biden and Carper.

"Since Democrats took control of Congress in 2006, we've instituted several reforms designed to increase transparency and accountability in the appropriations process. As part of our ongoing effort to improve transparency, we are posting these requests on our websites; our procedures this year are otherwise unchanged. As Congress looks to make future improvements to the appropriations process, we will continue to work to ensure that Delaware's needs are well-represented in Washington."

The senators continue to review and submit eligible requests to the Senate Appropriations Committee each year on behalf of Delaware projects that could benefit from federal support. The Appropriations Committee, and then the full Senate, considers requests in light of all spending priorities, and, where appropriate, may chose to include support for some of these projects. All projects included in appropriations bills are identified - with their sponsors - as those bills advance through the Congress. Those projects that are successful in securing federal support are announced at the conclusion of the appropriations process. Ultimately, only those projects agreed upon by both the Senate and the House, and approved by the President, will receive federal money.

The list below is a complete tally of all projects that are being submitted to the Senate Appropriations Committee by Sen. Carper on behalf of Delaware. Included are the project title, the entity benefiting, and a description and dollar amount requested.

The list of project requests submitted by Sen. Carper follows.

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Conserving Delaware's Precious Natural Resources

Center for Critical Zone Research

The University of Delaware
To support programs and acquire equipment essential to improving environmental health and economic growth by research into critical soil and environmental problems.
$600,000

Delaware Estuary Watershed Grants Program

Environmental Protection Agency
To fund a competitive grant program, established within the Environmental Protection Agency, for local organizations that are working to protect and improve watersheds in the Delaware estuary.
$500,000

Delaware River Basin Commission

Delaware River Basin Compact
To fulfill the federal obligation in the Delaware River Basin Compact. The funds will be used for water quality monitoring and assessment, habitat restoration, drought coordination, public water supply protection and integrated water resource planning. Since 1996, the federal government has not contributed its share of the annual budget to the Delaware River Basin Compact.
$715,000

Delmarva Conservation Corridor Demonstration Project

The Delaware Department of Agriculture
To improve the economic viability of agriculture and the environmental health of Delaware's watersheds. The Delmarva Conservation Corridor was authorized in the 2002 Farm Bill.
$5 million

Energy Management Education Center

Delaware Technical and Community College
For the Energy Management Education Center to create an associate degree program for the education of energy managers and "green power" technicians. In addition, this request would fund new education programs in renewable energy technologies such as solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass, as well as energy management, green building construction, hybrid transportation, and industrial maintenance.
$625,000

Forest Legacy Program, Redden State Forest

Delaware Department of Agriculture
For a new Forest Legacy project, the Redden/Ellendale Forest Legacy area around Redden State Forest, to purchase property and easements to protect working forestlands.
$3.75 million

Lewes Canalfront Park

Greater Lewes Foundation
To continue construction of a 3.9-acre waterfront park in downtown Lewes.
$250,000

Oyster Revitalization in Delaware Bay

Army Corps of Engineers
For the continuation of a large-scale shell planting and seed transplant program in the New Jersey and Delaware waters of the Delaware Bay. The project has lead to an expansion of the oyster industry in both states and has added a significant number of new jobs to counties and expanded the economic base for coastal towns and townships in both states. It will also increase the abundance of the oyster population, thereby improving water quality and habitat.
$2 million

Real-Time Satellite Receiving Station

University of Delaware
For a real-time satellite receiving station. Such a station is important to access real-time data for University of Delaware researchers looking at regional issues such as watersheds, shoreline erosion and land-sea interface.
$1 million

Wave Data Study, Coastal Field Data Collection

Army Corps of Engineers
To develop the world's first physics-based computer model of coastal storms, such as hurricanes, and their effect. This information can be used for storm planning and response efforts in coastal communities. This project is an international effort, bringing together the top organizations in their fields, including the University of Delaware, and was started and funded in response to the devastation caused by the 2004 hurricane season in Florida and was initiated on the belief that our nation's ability to withstand the high level forces that weather and sea conditions impose upon the shores of the country is directly linked to our capacity to understand and predict those forces.
$3 million

Wildlife Response Annex

Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research, Inc.
To construct a 10,000-square- foot, environmentally friendly building where staff and volunteers can clean and rehabilitate oiled and injured wildlife from throughout the eastern U.S., and provide training for professionals and volunteers in this field, as well as for public education.
$500,000

Wilmington Harbor

Army Corps of Engineers
For examination of shipping channels and a reduced maintenance dredging contract. Coupled with the amount in the President's Budget, the additional funding would be used for aggressive management and capacity restoration of federal disposal areas and chemical and sediment testing within those areas.
$4.195 million

Encouraging Economic Development and Employment Opportunities in Delaware

Center for Molecular Biotechnology's Biofuels Program

Fraunhofer USA in Newark
To support research directed toward producing biofuels economically in a sustainable manner with minimal impact on the food and feed supply. Energy from renewable biological sources is increasingly seen to be a potential source of clean energy that can reduce and eventually eliminate dependence on depletable fossil fuels, with little or no net contribution of CO2 to the environment. To be economically competitive with fossil fuels, the current cost of producing biofuels must be reduced significantly.
$2.5 million

Clean Energy Research Center

Energy Institute at the University of Delaware
For capital equipment for energy research, graduate fellowships for cross-disciplinary energy projects, undergraduate project support and educational outreach initiatives. The mission of the Energy Institute is to advance the development and deployment of new and emerging energy technologies.
$1.5 million

Delaware Technical & Community College, Child Development Center at Terry Campus

Delaware Technical & Community College
To improve low-income and underrepresented students' access and ability to attend postsecondary education by expanding an existing child care center at the Terry Campus.
$2 million

Easter Seals New Castle Renovation

Easter Seals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore
For a new, 25,000-square-foot addition to Easter Seals' existing facility in New Castle County to help individuals with disabilities and special needs increase their independence by providing job training and placement.
$1 million

Emerging Enterprise Center

New Castle County Chamber of Commerce
For the creation of the Emerging Enterprise Center. Funds will be used to fully fit-out the Center's incubator space with walls and office doors, which currently do not exist; construct 4,000 feet of laboratory space; purchase conference room audio/visual equipment; and fund the initial operating costs.
$500,000

Hydrogen Storage System for Vehicular Propulsion

Delaware State University
To enable scientists at Delaware State, Ion Power, Air Liquide and the University of Delaware to develop a hydrogen storage system and to test it in a fuel cell powered vehicle. This project, involving two universities and two industrial partners in the state, would also be of regional and national significance since it addresses the national priority to develop alternative energy sources.
$3 million

Nehemiah Gateway Community Development Corporation

Gateway Community Development Corporation
To upgrade equipment and hire trainers to help un- and under-employed workers obtain and retain employment by providing intensive training in career and computer skills in Wilmington.
$100,000

Wind Turbine Model and Pilot Project for Alternative Energy in Delaware

University of Delaware
For an on-shore wind turbine at the University of Delaware's Lewes Campus that would facilitate research, development and policy aimed at marine wind technology development, and inform decisions about utility scale power production from wind in the offshore environment.
$4 million

Enhancing our Military Capabilities

Advanced Integrated Structures for Affordable Transport Aircraft

The University of Delaware
To develop and demonstrate integrated structures using advanced textiles, sensors and process control for capable, affordable, fuel-efficient and future transport aircraft platforms.
$3 million

Automated, Intelligent V.A.R.T.M Manufacturing Cell

The University of Delaware
To help develop manufacturing methods for composite materials with the fundamental objective of "affordability."
$4 million

C-130 Aircraft Maintenance Hangar, Phase II

Delaware Air Guard Base
To provide fully functional space for general purpose shops, an avionics shop, an electronic countermeasures shop, a weapons system maintenance management shop and an aviation maintenance unit at the Delaware Air Guard Base. This project will complement Phase One of the project, which was the maintenance hangar structure appropriated by Congress in Fiscal Year 2008.
$11.6 million

Center for Composite Materials: Advanced Composite Maritime Manufacturing

The University of Delaware
To support the development of next-generation composite technologies to support advanced watercraft with a longer service life that will be faster, stronger, stealthier, up-armor capable, field repairable and less expensive to operate.
$3 million

Chapel Center

Dover Air Force Base
To provide a new, 300-seat Chapel Center at Dover Air Force Base to provide ministry, counseling services and religious education to meet the needs of personnel and their dependents. The existing chapel center is aging, deteriorating and does not provide sufficient space and facilities to meet the worship and counseling needs of Dover AFB personnel.
$5 million

Composite Applied Research and Technology

The University of Delaware
To support applied research at the University of Delaware in mechanics, design and the performance of lightweight, multifunctional armored structures to support the short- and long-term needs of U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems.
$4.5 million

Consolidated Communications Facility

Dover Air Force Base
To provide Dover Air Force Base with a new communications facility to comply with anti-terrorism and force protection standards.
$12 million

Millimeter Wave Imaging

The University of Delaware
To support development of a millimeter wave imaging system to map a scene or image without relying on large and unwieldy optical lenses and will be impervious to weather conditions, providing all-weather surveillance.
$3.1 million

Precision Measurement Equipment Lab

Dover Air Force Base
To increase and improve the currently undersized precision measurement equipment facility at Dover Air Force Base, in order to meet certification requirements and continue to support missions throughout the Department of Defense.
$4 million

Renovation of Civil Air Patrol Headquarters

Delaware Wing of the Civil Air Patrol
To provide a safe, adequately sized, permanent headquarters.
$300,000

Restoration of the National Budget for the Civil Air Patrol

National Civil Air Patrol
To increase the President's budget and reverse the planned reduction in the President's FY09 Air Force Budget, so the Civil Air Patrol can continue to assist in the security of our nation.
$1.76 million

Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller Compound Helicopter Advanced Technology Flight Demonstration Program

Piasecki Aircraft Corporation
To flight-demonstrate the Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller Compound Helicopter technology's potential to increase rotorcraft speed, range, and survivability and reduced life cycle costs for military and commercial applications.
$6.9 million

Equipping Our Troops

2nd Generation Extended Cold Weather Clothing System

Army National Guard
To equip National Guard forces with second generation Extended Cold Weather Clothing Systems (ECWCS), which provide troops with protection in all weather conditions, including cold, wind, rain and sandstorms. The second generation ECWCS includes several improvements specifically requested by the National Guard.
$7 million

Army Plant Vaccine Development Program

Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology in Newark
To accelerate medical countermeasures to protect both the Armed Forces personnel and civilian communities against the threat of bio-warfare agents.
$9 million

Combat Desert Jacket

Marine Corps
To accelerate the Marine Corps's fielding plan for the Combat Desert Jacket from W.L. Gore by one year, and equip all Marines with this garment, which will contribute to the Marine Corps overall combat effectiveness and morale.
$10 million

Garment-Based Physiological Monitoring Systems

Textronics Inc. in Wilmington
To provide a new generation of wearable physiological monitoring systems that will enable the comfortable, accurate and real-time remote monitoring of a soldier's heart rate, respiration, activity and other physiological parameters, which will help the military improve the safety, security, health, well-being and performance of the troops.
$4 million

Integrated Warfighter Biodefense Program

Quantum Leap Innovation Inc. in Newark
To enable Integrated Warfighter Biodefense Program (IWBDP) technologies to effectively transition to meet operational needs in the development and testing of innovative intelligent computing software technologies designed to protect U.S. warfighters. The IWBDP will help the Navy to develop a framework for using intelligent computing software to integrate sensor inputs with health databases to detect and characterize likely threats and present viable courses of action.
$10 million

Joint Services Aircrew Mask Don/Doff In-flight Upgrade

ILC Dover LP in Frederica
To provide Don-in-Flight Joint Services Aircrew Masks, which will offer better protection to our warfighters by making the masks less burdensome, thereby making the use of masks more likely during a chemical-biological threat.
$5.6 million

Nano-Intelligent Detection System Improved Handheld Biological Agent Detector

ANP Technologies, Inc. in Newark
To modify and expand ANP Technologies' non-automated handheld detector to be used as an automated biological agent identifier capable of early detection of harmful compounds to protect all armed forces on the ground and elite fighting units assigned to critical missions.
$8 million

Reactive Plastic CO2 Absorbent Production Capacity

Micropore Inc., Newark
To improve currently inadequate production capabilities of reactive plastic CO2 absorbents, which are an integral part of life support applications, including military SCUBA; smoke hoods; in-place shelters; chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear filtration; and first responder rebreathers.
$6 million

Fighting Crime and Safeguarding Delaware's Families

Assessment of Juvenile Violence and Substance Use in Delaware

University of Delaware's Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies
To supplement the Delaware School Survey, one of the most comprehensive state youth social indicator sources in the country. This developing data source, with the ability to report on new developments (i.e., prescription medication abuse, youth gambling, internet drug access) provides a unique resource to investigate and subsequently track emerging trends in youth substance use, delinquency and other risk and resiliency factors, as well as behavior patterns potentially amenable to change through prevention programming.
$65,000

Center for Sensitive Optical Detection Technologies

Delaware State University
For the Center for Sensitive Optical Detection Technologies. The goal of this multi-year project is to detect early signs of dangerous diseases or other potential threats to national security. The Center will focus on the development of relevant and sensitive optical technologies to detect and identify unwanted, possibly harmful, substances. The Center will research the sensitive detection of specific proteins, biomarkers, fluorescent labels, and/or atomic and molecular traces to improve early detection of dangerous substances.
$1 million

Crime Scene and Evidence Tracking Project

Delaware State University
To continue work on the Crime Scene and Evidence Tracking Project. This project proposes to develop and test a day-to-day law enforcement and public safety application (i.e. crime scene and evidence tracking capability), which leverages the use and integration of several emerging and current technologies, products and solutions focused on homeland security, critical incidents and emergency response.
$2 million

Downtown Video Surveillance Cameras

City of Newark Police Department
For video surveillance cameras in the downtown area. The images from the cameras will be monitored and recorded to assist in crime prevention, detection, the identification and apprehension of suspects, and early detection of suspicious behavior.
$115,420

Gunshot Locator System

Delaware State Police
For the purchase of a mobile gunshot locator system that utilizes technology to detect weapons-fire events over large, complex environments and to instantly identify, locate and give a visual of the location of a gunshot event in an urban area.
$1.5 million

In-Car Cameras and Digital Storage

Delaware State Police
For the purchase and installation of in-car cameras and related equipment.
$512,000

Incident Command Vehicle Project

Delaware State University's Department of Public Safety
For an incident command vehicle. The vehicle would be used as a mobile command center for large incidents or events.
$240,000

License Plate Scanning Initiative

New Castle County Police Department
To enhance information sharing capabilities and speed-up law enforcement by upgrading the current mobile data terminals in the field and implementing the Automated License Plate Recognition System.
$896,000

Message Switcher Upgrades

Delaware State Police
To perform preliminary engineering assessments of the current secure electronic communication system between the State Police and the FBI databases. The National Crime Information Center houses a wide variety of criminal justice information. One of the requirements is that there be only one electronic portal per state for entrance into that system, utilizing a secure message switcher to control access into the federal system. As the FBI upgrades their system and security standards, so too must the state portals.
$100,000

Improving Education Opportunities in Delaware

Delaware Aerospace Education Foundation

Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation
For earth and space education using two unique outdoor exhibits in Smyrna as a focal point for school programming, professional development and public outreach.
$545,000

Delaware Art Museum

Delaware Art Museum
To establish a program that ensures access to the museum for youth and adults by integrating museum visits into school curricula and increasing outreach to disadvantaged communities in Wilmington.
$250,000

Delaware Children's Museum

Delaware Children's Museum
For the construction of the Delaware Children's Museum in Wilmington. The museum will benefit thousands of citizens of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region by educating children, strengthening families, revitalizing communities and boosting economic activity at Wilmington's Riverfront.
$1 million

Delaware Department of Education, English Language Learners Translators

Delaware Department of Education
To increase English proficiency of English Language Learners by providing high quality language instructional programs.
$1.5 million

Delaware Department of Education, Starting Stronger for Student Success

Delaware Department of Education
For the Starting Stronger for Student Success program to reduce school-entry readiness gaps in communities linked with low-performing schools.
$200,000

Delaware Department of Education, Vision Network of Schools and Districts

Delaware Department of Education
To implement the recommendations of the Vision 2015 initiative to build a world-class public education system in Delaware.
$250,000

Delaware Futures

Delaware Futures Inc.
To accommodate more students in an existing program to provide academic and motivational support and cultural enrichment for economically disadvantaged high school students in Wilmington, with the goal of increasing the number of low income students who go to college.
$200,000

Delaware Technical & Community College, Health Sciences Building

Delaware Technical and Community College
To construct a state-of-the-art Health Sciences Education Building at the Stanton Campus in New Castle County.
$5 million

Delaware Technical & Community College, Shaping the Future of Delaware Citizens

Delaware Technical and Community College
To purchase instructional equipment and laboratory upgrades, in the fields of health, engineering, biotechnology and computer science at each of the college's four campuses throughout Delaware.
$900,000

East Side Community Learning Center Foundation

East Side Community Learning Center Foundation
To implement an information technology upgrade plan to ensure that low-income students in Wilmington have access to computers and other advanced classroom technologies.
$102,025

Grand Opera House Deferred Maintenance

Grand Opera House, Wilmington
For the replacement of heating and air conditioning systems and lighting fixtures throughout the historic building to improve energy efficiency. Built in 1871 and restored during the 1970s, the Grand Opera House has been the cultural center of the community for over 135 years. On the National Register of Historic Place, The Grand is one of the most recognizable landmarks in Delaware, proudly attended by over 100,000 people a year. Federal funding will help preserve this community resource so it may continue to enrich the quality of life for the region.
$1 million

Jobs for Delaware Graduates Expansion of Youth Services for the Prevention of Drop-Outs

Jobs for Delaware Graduates Inc.
To expand the drop-out prevention and transition from school-to-work services delivered by Jobs for Delaware Graduates to at-risk students in Middle and High School.
$1.353 million

Latin American Community Center

The Latin American Community Center
To expand after-school enrichment and counseling services to serve additional disadvantaged, at-risk children and youth, ages six to 17 years at its sites in Newark and Wilmington.
$250,000

Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League

The Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League
For their "Achievement Matters!" project, which provides school and community-based intervention for low-income students and their families, to expand the program to include more middle school students.
$300,000

St. Michael's School Renovation

St. Michael's School and Nursery
To replace the heating and air conditioning systems in this school for low-income children in Wilmington.
$406,055

University of Delaware, Delaware Biotechnology Institute

Delaware Biotechnology Institute
To support Delaware's growing life sciences industry by acquiring state-of-the-art research instrumentation.
$1.4 million

Wesley College

Wesley College
To expand the nursing school program to boost the level of education and training of nursing professionals and to help address the nursing shortage.
$1.5 million

Wilmington Music School Renovations

Wilmington Music School
For the expansion of music education facilities and a music library.
$500,000

Improving the Health of All Delawareans

AIDS Delaware

AIDS Delaware Inc.
To provide people living with HIV/AIDS a new facility in Dover to supply services including case management, education and outreach, transportation and other support.
$200,000

Animal Health and Diagnostic Laboratory

State of Delaware's Department of Agriculture
For a full-service, fully functional, modern animal health diagnostic laboratory. The goal of this project is to protect the region's animal industries as well as the public health of the citizens of Delaware by reducing the risk of spread of diseases from animals to humans who work with animals.
$4.4 million

Avian Influenza Preparedness

The University of Delaware
To upgrade Delmarva's avian flu diagnostic and biocontainment facilities and to combine Delaware and Maryland's laboratory information management systems. The goal of this program is to prevent an outbreak of this deadly disease.
$3.0 million

Beebe Medical Center

The Beebe Medical Center of Lewes
For the construction of a new School of Nursing to accommodate the growth in the Center's nursing program and to address a shortage of nurses in Delaware and across the nation.
$967,805

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
To add full-time response specialists and other personnel for the Poison Control Center's hotline, and to generate and distribute educational material, in response to the State of Delaware's increased demand for the hospital's poison control services. The Center provides poison control services to all three counties in Delaware.
$500,000

Christiana Care Health System

Christiana Care Health System
To renovate and expand Wilmington Hospital's Emergency Department which is currently operating beyond its physical capacity.
$3 million

Delaware State University, Institute for Public Health and Policy

Delaware State University
To establish an Institute for Public Health and Policy to provide practical knowledge about current and emerging public health issues, including health disparities based on income and race.
$2 million

Delaware State University, School of Pharmacy

Delaware State University
To establish a School of Pharmacy to respond to increased demands for pharmaceutical services in Delaware.
$5.75 million

Infant Mortality Task Force

The Delaware State Department of Health and Human Services
To help reduce infant mortality by implementing several key recommendations of a state task force on infant mortality.
$1.3 million

Kelly Heinz-Grundner Brain Tumor Foundation

The Kelly Heinz-Grundner Brain Tumor Foundation
For a new public awareness program to help raise awareness and educate the general public and primary care physicians regarding brain tumors.
$155,000

La Red Health Center

La Red Health Center
To assist with a multi-year, multi-million dollar capital campaign to purchase land and construct a modern health care facility in Georgetown for lower-income communities throughout Sussex County. The present locations do not meet the demand for care and offer no room for growth.
$500,000

St. Francis Hospital

St. Francis Hospital Foundation
To make urgently needed capital infrastructure improvements to St. Francis Hospital.
$1 million

Strengthening Infrastructure in Delaware's Counties, Cities and Towns

40' Fixed Route Buses

Delaware Transit Corporation
To upgrade the bus fleet by replacing 68 transit coaches that are used in fixed route transit service in New Castle County. These buses, which will be environmentally friendly hybrids, have adequate accommodations to carry 45 seated passengers, plus additional standees.
$3.6 million

Angola Neck Sanitary Sewer District Project

Sussex County Council
To construct wastewater collection and transmission facilities to serve the Angola Neck Sanitary Sewer District, which will extend the regional wastewater service to a new area of a sewer system; replace current, failing septic systems; and improve water quality.
$4,715,019

Automotive-Based Fuel Cell Hybrid Bus Program

University of Delaware
To invest in refueling and refueling infrastructure to provide a hydrogen infrastructure and extend the range of existing fuel cell buses in Wilmington and Dover.
$2 million

C&D; Canal, Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay

Army Corps of Engineers
For maintenance dredging of the upper approach channel and to prepare the plans and specifications for painting of the Reedy Point Bridge.
$5.150 million

Camden Infrastructure Project

Town of Camden
To improve substandard infrastructure in low to moderate income school districts in the town of Camden.
$2 million

Christina River Watershed, Red Clay Creek

Army Corps of Engineers
To continue the investigation of the Christina River Watershed Feasibility Study where investigations are underway for flood damage reduction, ecosystem restoration, water quality control and other related purposes.
$300,000

Delaware Coast Protection Sand Bypass Plant, Indian River Inlet

Army Corps of Engineers
To reimburse the State of Delaware for the federal share of the annual operation and maintenance costs of the sand bypass plant and the construction of new plant facilities.
$1.39 million

DelTrac Integrated Transportation Management System

Delaware Department of Transportation
To enhance the road emergency call system, expand the travel advisory radio system, and continue installation of a fiber-optic based telecommunications network.
$4 million

Flood Plain Management Services, White Clay Creek

Army Corps of Engineers
To evaluate flood damage caused by tropical storms, including damage to several local dams and altered channel segments. The study would update floodplain mapping of White Clay Creek and be coordinated with the State of Delaware, New Castle County and floodplain organizations, as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
$300,000

Harbor of Refuge Breakwater, in Lewes Harbor off Cape Henlopen

Army Corps of Engineers
To perform a stability analysis and condition surveys, and design work, and to initiate repairs on the breakwater wall where the lighthouse is situated. Over the past 30 years, Atlantic seas and tides have removed much of the protective stone rip-rap at the base of this Sussex County lighthouse on both the east and west sides. In addition, the Atlantic seas have caused a near-breech on the north side of the wall at high tide - a situation that seriously undermines the stability of the breakwater where the lighthouse is located. Left unattended for much longer, the breakwater will eventually be undermined to the point that it would threaten to topple the historic lighthouse into the ocean.
$2.435 million

I-95 Toll Facility Rehabilitation and Highway Speed E-Z Pass Improvements

Delaware Department of Transportation
To reconfigure the Newark Toll Plaza to incorporate highway speed E-Z Pass toll lanes to ease traffic congestion and improve overall safety will be improved.
$6 million

Improving Short Sea Shipping to Meet U.S. Freight Transportation Goals

University of Delaware
To study ways to improve intra-U.S. shipping to meet our country's freight transportation goals.
$1 million

Indian River Inlet and Bay

Army Corps of Engineers
To perform detailed surveys and analyses to determine the cause of severe scour holes that have developed in the areas of the Indian River Inlet Bridge, Coast Guard facility and jetties. Scour holes are currently in excess of 120 feet deep. In addition, funding would be used to perform minimal maintenance dredging of the channel located in the Indian River Bay area, and to use that material to fill scour holes.
$7.325 million

Indian River Inlet Bridge

Delaware Department of Transportation
For the cost of replacing the Indian River Inlet bridge on SR1. The replacement bridge will alleviate the safety risk caused by the present scour condition at the foundation.
$6 million

Industrial Track Greenway

New Castle County
To construct a 4.5-mile segment of paved, multi-use trail, linking the historic City of New Castle and the Christina River.
$1 million

Johnson's Corner Sanitary Sewer District Project

Sussex County Council
To construct wastewater collection and transmission facilities to serve the Johnson's Corner Sanitary Sewer District, which will extend the regional wastewater service to a new area of a sewer system; replace current, failing septic systems; and improve water quality.
$894,973

Little Mill Creek

Army Corps of Engineers
For preliminary problem identification and investigation to determine if two hydraulically independent drainage areas exist along Little Mill Creek in New Castle County. Work on the Upper Portion has been completed. However, since local residents living along the lower portion of the creek have been experiencing frequent flooding, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has expressed interest in amending the existing Project Coordination Agreement to include construction of the Lower Portion. The work in FY 2009 will include re-evaluation of the 1995 Feasibility Report, preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Assessment and Real Estate Plan, and amendment and execution of the Project Coordination Agreement and construction.
$3.575 million

Mid-County Operations Facility

Delaware Transit Corporation
For the construction of six maintenance bays and parts storage at the intersection of US13 and SR72 to maintain fixed route and paratransit buses.
$1.6 million

Mispillion River

Army Corps of Engineers
To dredge the navigation channel which presently poses a hazard to commercial fishing navigation and is also used in the servicing of the lightering operation on the Delaware Bay at Big Stone Beach. The placement of dredged material on the shoreline will also result in habitat improvement that will benefit the Red Knott, the federally threatened migratory bird, and horseshoe crabs. Funding is also required to perform field inspections, surveys, subsurface investigation work, and plans and specifications for the replacement of the south jetty at Mispillion River.
$2.415 million

Mitigate Hazard Caused by Sanitation Sewers

City of Newark
To mitigate the hazard caused by two, above-grade sanitary sewer creek crossings to prevent future damage from floods that present a hazard to downstream water users and the public in general.
$800,000

Old Shellpot Interceptor

New Castle County Government
To line and rehabilitate the existing Old Shellpot Interceptor to eliminate contaminated sewer overflows to the Delaware River and basement backups in the community, and also make sewer capacity available for development and redevelopment projects.
$700,000

Pennsylvania Avenue Improvement Project

Army Corps of Engineers
This project is needed to reduce the number of incidents of flooding and decrease the duration of flooding events in the northeast quadrant of the town of Bethany. Flooding closes on half mile of one of the area's busiest streets, respectively flooding property, homes and businesses and rendering the Bethany Beach Post Office completely inaccessible. Funds will be used to remove an antiquated, non-functioning piped drainage system, constructing in its place a modern elliptical high volume piped system that will be gated and valved.
$1.77 million

SR1 and St. Georges Bridges Operations and Maintenance

Army Corps of Engineers
For the operations and maintenance of the SR1 Bridge. The funds will be used for regular operations and maintenance in addition to necessary bridge repairs and the installation of a safe walkway platform to conduct future inspections.
$5.7 million

Transportation & Public Safety Traffic Information Exchange Pilot Project

Delaware State University>
To design and implement a system that shares critical traffic management and safety data to enhance critical information necessary for state and local officials.
$1.63 million

Turnpike Improvements Project

Delaware Department of Transportation
To redesign the I-95/SR-1 interchange to provide operational and capacity improvements at critical locations along this portion of the I-95 corridor.
$5 million

Wastewater Treatment Plant Headworks Upgrade

City of Wilmington
For the Wilmington Wastewater Treatment Plant Headworks Upgrade to address a hydraulic limitation at the city's wastewater treatment plant, which prevents this regional treatment plant from treating additional flows caused by heavy rain or flooding.
$1.5 million

Taking Better Care of Delawareans

Crestview Apartments Exterior Facade Renovations

Wilmington Housing Authority
For a major renovation project that includes structural repairs, energy efficiency measures and the installation of a sprinkler and fire suppression system for Crestview Apartments, which suffered the ravages of a fire in May 2006, causing the displacement of residents, many of whom are elderly.
$820,000

Delaware Girls Wraparound Program

Children and Families First
To provide intensive, home-based counseling and case management for at-risk girls, ages 12-18 in Wilmington, using the strengths-based philosophy of Wrap Around Milwaukee. The goal of the intensive service intervention is to reduce or eliminate involvement in the juvenile justice system, improve school attendance, improve family functioning, and build personal strengths and behaviors so these girls can succeed in school, work and the community.
$740,000

Jewish Family Services of Delaware

Jewish Family Services
For an "Aging-In-Place" initiative to develop and implement a model of supportive services to help older adults in Wilmington with independence, socialization, support services and increased quality of life.
$300,000

Kappa Achievement - Community Center

Kappa Mainstream Leadership
For the completion of a Community Center for youth and families of northeast Wilmington.
$1.73 million

Mary Mother of Hope House I Renovation Project

Ministry of Caring
For handicap accessibility to a homeless shelter for women.
$500,000

New Knollwood Revitalization Plan

New Knollwood Civic Association
For the building of affordable homes, relocation of a playground and new lighting in Claymont.
$500,000

Newark Day Nursery and Children's Center Capacity Expansion

Newark Day Nursery and Children's Center
For renovations, additions and modernized equipment at nursery and children's center to meet the needs of lower-income families in Newark.
$75,000

Supporting the President's Budget Requests

Add/Alt Physical Fitness Center

Dover Air Force Base
To replace the existing undersized facility with a facility that will better serve the base community.
$19 million

Alter Fuel Storage Tank

Dover Air Force Base
To bring a 55,000 barrel bulk fuel storage tank into compliance with American Petroleum Institute criteria and military requirements and ensure adequate fuel supply for C-5 and C-17s assigned to Dover AFB.
$3.373 million

Army Aviation Support Facility Add/Alt

Delaware Air Guard Base
To provide the support facility needed to protect, maintain and operate the 14 UH-60s assigned to the Delaware Army National Guard.
$28 million

NOSC Portion, Armed Forces Reserve Center

Armed Forces Reserve Center
To build the Navy Operational Support Center portion of a joint Reserve Center and replace the current 40 year old facility which is too small and poorly configured for the mission.
$11.53 million

Phoenix Quad-band Satellite Receiver

Delaware National Guard
To increase the President's $18.6 million budget request by adding two AN/TSC-156 Phoenix TSST mobile satellite communications terminals to the Delaware Army National Guard's 261st Signal Brigade stationed in New Castle.
$5 million

TFI - Information Operations Squadron Facility

Delaware Air Guard Base
To give the 166th Information Operations Squadron a secure facility from which to do their intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.
$3.2 million

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