WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Defense has released its expenditure plans for funds it will distribute through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. More than 30 projects in Monterey County will be funded through Recovery Act funds. Total funds for local projects will be $21.85 million.

"The Central Coast receives close to $1 billion a year in government funds for our military installations, which are a major driver of our economy," said Congressman Sam Farr (D-Carmel). "These construction funds will employ many local workers and will provide an injection of capital into our local economy."

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act includes $7.4 billion in defense-related funding. The Department of Defense is directing the bulk of those funds to restoration and maintenance projects to improve, repair and modernize facilities. Another large portion of funds will be directed to construction for hospitals, with the remainder going to a variety of DoD projects.

The funds will go to repair and upgrade the following facilities:

Presidio of Monterey (Total: $4,798,000)

• Modernize Utilities and Medical Functions at Health Clinic Building 4390, $420,000
• Remove Inactive Communication Lines, base-wide, $590,000
• Replace Barracks Failing HVAC Systems, Barracks Buildings 647, 650, 651, $484,000
• Replace Worn Carpet in Barracks 651, Health and Safety (VOLAR), $356,000
• Replace Worn Carpet in Barracks 652, Health and Safety, $356,000
• Repair Unsafe/Failed Access Roads and Paved Areas, C Company, 9th Signal Command, $350,000
• Asbestos Mitigate and Abatement, $300,000
• Replace Deteriorating and Leaking Water Lines Servicing DLI Classrooms, $300,000
• Construct Sidewalk to Access DLI Classrooms, Health and Safety, $259,000
• Repair Natural Gas Systems, $251,000
• Replace Synthetic Turf at Child Development Center Building 7693, $180,000
• Install/Modernize Exterior Lighting for Barracks Areas, 800 and 600 Series, $159,000
• Replace Failing HVAC System Cpac Building 277, $82,000
• Install Required Safety Components in Communication Closets: Emergency Lighting, Emergency Shut Off Switches, Fire Suppression and Temperature Controls, $72,000
• Install Fire Sprinkler Heads, DLI Classrooms, Building, $611,000
• Repair Deteriorated Floor, Building 630, Ed Center, $28,000

Fort Hunter-Liggett (Total: $2,370,000)

• Family Housing New Construction (1 unit), $620,000
• Family Housing Replacement Construction (4 units), $1,750,000

Salinas National Guard Field Maintenance Shop (Total: $1,500,000)

• Renovation, $1,500,000

Camp Roberts (Total: $13,182,000)

• Window Replacement 4000 Area, $1,930,000
• Window Replacement 5000 Area, $1,930,000
• Sub Panel Replacements for WWII Barracks, $1,552,000
• Upgrade Building Energy Management System Building 25026, $1,525,000
• Replace Water Mian From Well C4A to C5A, $1,328,000
• Upgrade Building Systems Building 25021, $1,112,000
• Gas Line Replacement $929,000
• Water Well, $710,000
• Repair Waterline From S-1 to 5000 Area, $661,000
• Upgrade Building Systems Building 25011, $547,000
• Building 6023 (Victory Theater) Siding, $305,000
• Upgrade Building Systems Building 6023, $284,000
• Tank N-1 Erosion Repair, $263,000
• Tank S-1 Erosion Repair, $106,000

"As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Fort Hunter Liggett has received funding to build four additional sets of family housing and one set of commander's quarters," said Col. Kevin Riedler, commander of the Combat Support Training Center. "With the increased training mission at Hunter Liggett, this funding helps provide for the soldiers who sustain that training and our nation's defense. Having again placed a commander there in 2007 to head the growing mission, this funding will also permit returning the historic hacienda commander's quarters to Morale, Welfare, and Recreation as they had been used since the previous commander departed Hunter Liggett in the 1990s."

A full list of local projects is available on Rep. Farr's Web site at:

http://www.farr.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=491

"Investing in these military construction projects will not only provide a stimulus effect on the economy, they improve the quality of life for our troops and military families," Rep. Farr said. "Projects range from repairing water and gas lines to modernizing the health clinic at the Presidio of Monterey, which are necessary to extend the life of our local facilities."

The Department of Defense Expenditure Plan is available online at:

http://www.defenselink.mil/recovery/plans_reports/2009/march/ARRA_DoD_Expenditure_Plans.pdf

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