Source: United States Navy
Five local communities supporting Navy and Marine Corps installations received a total of $11.2 million in infrastructure construction grants through the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC) Fiscal Year 2022 Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot (DCIP) Program. This competitive program helps states and communities fund infrastructure projects that enhance the military value and resiliency of installations and improve the quality of life for Service members and families.
“The Department of the Navy continuously looks for ways to partner with local communities,” said Meredith Berger, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment. “Through these investments in infrastructure, we all benefit. We increase our resilience, mitigate the impacts of climate change and improve quality of life of our military families and the local community.”
A total of $90 million in DCIP grants were awarded to 19 installations across each military branch within the Department of Defense. These awards derive from Fiscal Year 2022 appropriated funding and leverage an additional $98,882,912 million in non-Federal and other Federal funding for a total investment of $188,579,140 million.
For more information about the Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot Program, visit https://oldcc.gov/defense-community-infrastructure-program-dcip.
OLDCC issued DCIP grants to the following five defense communities near Navy and Marine Corps installations:
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune: $2M to Onslow County, North Carolina in support of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune to rehabilitate the runway at the Albert J. Ellis Airport, restoring its surface and the original load-bearing capacity. This project will benefit travel to and from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Marine Corps Air Station New River, and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.
Naval Station Mayport: $596.5K to the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida in support of Naval Station Mayport to support construction of a new water main to improve capacity and pressure for consumers directly adjacent to the installation and enable a future connection to the installation, providing water supply redundancy.
Philadelphia Navy Yard Annex: $1.043M to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, Pennsylvania in support of completing an east-west connection for the Philadelphia Navy Yard’s fiber-optic network, enabling secure, direct control and monitoring of each electric grid substation, and other security enhancements.
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth: $1.27M to the City of White Settlement, Texas in support of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth’s construction of new drainage improvements to prevent flooding in existing residential areas, protecting the nearby naval installation as well as an adjacent Texas National Guard facility and industrial properties.
Naval Weapons Station Yorktown: $6.28M to the City of Newport News, Virginia in support of Naval Weapons Station Yorktown to support improvements to the Harwood’s Mill Reservoir Dam, increasing flood protection and ensuring a reliable water supply.