Fort Lewis will get a $48 million barracks and training complex as part of a package of $165 million in construction projects for Washington state military bases announced Monday by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray. [...]
Jeff Young, spokesman at Fort Lewis, said the Army Corp of Engineers will award the construction contracts for these facilities; construction is expected to begin next summer and last 18 to 24 months.
"Budgets are tight these days," Young said. "It's an especially huge boost to the morale of our soldiers deployed overseas to know that these facilities will be built for them and their families."
The appropriations bill also includes $9.2 million for a chapel/education and family resource center at Fort Lewis, and $1.4 million for a Homeland Security and Defense Instructor Support Complex at Camp Murray.
Fort Lewis lands $48 million
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Fort Lewis will get a $48 million barracks and training complex as part of a package of $165 million in construction projects for Washington state military bases announced Monday by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray. [...]
Jeff Young, spokesman at Fort Lewis, said the Army Corp of Engineers will award the construction contracts for these facilities; construction is expected to begin next summer and last 18 to 24 months.
