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Military Bases Get $179M for Capital Projects

LAKEHURST, NJ-The money will go towards a variety of capital projects at the Navy's facility here, and for Fort Dix and McGuire AFB.

By Eric Peterson | Updated on August 12, 2008

LAKEHURST, NJ-The US Army’s Fort Monmouth may be hurtling toward a 2011 closure as local communities there wrestle with what to do with its 1,100 acres, but a trio of other military installations in New Jersey just got a major funding boost. Ironically, as the 2005 BRAC round called for the closure of Fort Monmouth, it also called for expansions at the Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station here, and at the nearby Fort Dix and McGuire Air Force Base.

That funding boost comes in the form of $179 million designated for construction at the three bases, part of the 2009 defense spending bill passed by Congress. The funding will be added to the approximately $500 million of construction currently under way at the three sites, and it’s all part of the Pentagon’s plan to turn the three bases with geographic proximity into what military officials are calling Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

“The South Jersey economy will benefit tremendously from new construction jobs,” says Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ), whose district includes McGuire and part of Fort Dix, in a statement. “The new joint base itself will benefit from the modernization it needs to receive new missions.”

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