Dept. of Defense said it was holding off on over $400,000,000 in funding for construction projects on Puerto Rico, including a power substation and a National Guard readiness center.
Dareh Gregorian, Mosheh Gains and Alex MoeThe Department of Defense released a list of 127 military construction projects that are being delayed as the agency moves $3.6 billion to pay for construction of fencing along the southern border, and the U.S. territory is one of the hardest hit by the move.
New York is losing funding for $160 million of construction projects at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point — $95 million for an engineering center and $65 million for a parking structure. New Mexico is losing funding for an $85 million operations facility at Holloman Air Force Base and $40 million for an information systems facility at White Sands Missile Facility.
The diversion hit red states as well. Utah is losing $54 million in funding for two projects at Hill Air Force Base."Funding the border wall is an important priority, and the Executive Branch should use the appropriate channels in Congress, rather than divert already appropriated funding away from military construction projects and therefore undermining military readiness," Romney said in a statement.
Bases in Japan are losing about $450 million, including funding for two operations facilities. Bases in South Korea are seeing a $17.5 million command and control facility and a $53 million"unmanned aerial vehicle hangar" have their funding diverted. The Defense Department also released new details about how the $3.6 billion would be spent — building 175 miles of border fencing at 11 locations in California, Texas and Arizona. The Pentagon estimates that each mile will cost about $20 million.
The next most expensive project is $630 million to replace"31 miles of vehicle barriers with new pedestrian fencing" near the Barry M. Goldwater Range in Yuma, Arizona, along with another $527 million for 31 miles of new pedestrian fencing. The range is used for air to groundConstruction is expected to begin by the end of the year.at the border in February in a bid to circumvent Congress and take money from other areas for wall construction.
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