Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today reported that a bill move forward in the Senate Appropriations Committee that contains funding he secured for a Carlsbad project.

The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies approved the fiscal year 2009 spending bill that funds the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.  The bill, which is now poised for consideration by the full committee, contains $200,000 Bingaman secured for the Carlsbad Youth Sports Complex.  Funding will be used to replace lost sports fields and to create the Carlsbad Youth Sports Complex to provide supervised recreational activities.

"This new complex would be a great new venue for young Carlsbad residents to participate in sporting activities and encourage a more active lifestyle for Carlsbad residents of all ages," Bingaman said.