Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall today reported that at least $87 million will be spent on upgrades at New Mexico military installations.  The funding comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. 

The Department of Defense has announced it will make the following investments:

Kirtland Air Force Base: $28.76 million for 59 projects. 

Cannon Air Force Base: $26.4 million: $12 million for construction of a Child Development Center and $14.4 million for 16 other projects.

Holloman Air Force Base: $21.05 million for eight projects.

White Sands Missile Range: $11.25 million for 14 projects. 

Here is the list of New Mexico projects and their costs and DOD’s complete American Reinvestment and Recovery Act document.

“Besides the obvious benefit of putting people to work, this significant investment in New Mexico also allows us to strengthen all of our military installations,” Bingaman said.

“Members of New Mexico's military work and, in most cases, live at our state's installations," said Udall. "This infusion of recovery funding will create jobs to make necessary investments that will improve the lives of our military members and their families.”

New Mexico’s military installations are also eligible to compete for $850 million set aside by DOD for additional upgrades to installations. 

Finally, New Mexico businesses and universities are eligible to compete for $300 million in grant funding for energy-related research and development.