Kyl Announces New Federal Funding for Arizona

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Jon Kyl announced on November 18, 2005, that Congress has included funding for numerous Arizona projects in appropriations bills approved today, noting that This money will meet some of the critical needs of Arizonas fastest-growing communities. The Transportation-Treasury-HUD Appropriations bill includes the following provisions, all of which Kyl requested this year or previously: · $6 million to assist in repayment of a bond issued to finance completion of the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge; · $3 million for land acquisition for the Deer Valley Airport; · $3.25 million for Sky Harbor Airport taxiway reconstruction; · $1.5 million for Williams Gateway Airport perimeter road construction; · $100,000 for Tucson Wash crossings improvements; · $6.5 million for Tucsons Sun Tran system, including a bus storage and maintenance facility and alternative-fuel bus replacement; · $1.5 million for expansion of Phoenix/Avondale/Glendale bus service; · $1 million for costs of the Phoenix/Glendale West Valley bus operating facility; and · $1 million for an East Valley Bus maintenance facility. The Military Construction Appropriations bill also includes $5.9 million to centralize into one facility the administrative operations, classroom training functions, and tools and equipment storage of the 944th Civil Engineering Squadron at Luke Air Force Base.