Hawaii to receive $2.6B to improve Army facilities across state
The initial funding will also be used to improve operations facilities at Schofield Barracks.
By Anna Hrushka – Reporter, Pacific Business News
May 2, 2018, 8:18pm
Army installations across Hawaii will receive $2.6 billion in funding over a 32-year period to build and upgrade facilities, as part of he Army’s Hawaii Infrastructure Readiness Initiative.
According to a statement released by U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Army will begin with an initial five-year investment of $350 million in military construction “to improve the shortfall of aviation facilities at Wheeler Army Air Field that are necessary to support a number of new aircraft the Army has brought to Hawaii in recent years, including AH-64 Apaches with the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade.â€
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