Projects planned for state
Projects planned for state
Published: January 2, 2008
WASHINGTON — Members of Oklahoma's congressional delegation secured several million dollars of "earmarks” in the massive year-end spending bill, directing money to roads, schools, agricultural research, hospitals, Tar Creek residents and other projects.
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Among the Oklahoma earmarks in the year-end spending bill:
•$195,000 for Rural Hospital Digital Radiology and Communication System at INTEGRIS Health.
•$243,000 for the KIPP Reach College Preparatory school in Oklahoma City.
•$97,000 for the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for construction, renovation of Biotech Research Tower.
•$97,000 for St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City for a nursery for newborns.
•$300,000 for buses and para-transit vans in Oklahoma City.
•$500,000 for the I-40 Crosstown Expressway project.
•$250,000 for a downtown revitalization project in Lawton.
•$750,000 for biofuels refining at the University of Oklahoma.
•$624,000 for the Norman Regional Health System for tele-health and electronic medical records projects.
•$5.6 million for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River navigation system.
•$100,000 to renovate the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid.
•$600,000 for improvements at the City of Altus/Quartz Mountain regional airport.
•$100,000 for construction of the Newkirk Senior Citizens Center.
•$20 million to rehabilitate watershed dams.
•$426,174 for the Delaware Boys and Girls Club.
•$490,000 for the Sequoyah County Wildlife Refuge Road.
•$240,000 for wheat enhancement research at Oklahoma State University.
•$235,000 for forensics equipment at the University of Central Oklahoma.
•$2.9 million for the tornado/severe storm research at the University of Oklahoma.
•$97,000 for the Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation for educational programs and services.
•$6.4 million for remediation and relocation at the Tar Creek Superfund Site.
•The bill also includes money for several military construction projects at Oklahoma bases. Some of the projects relate to the 2005 round of base closures, which will bring the Air Defense Artillery School and an Air Defense Artillery brigade to Fort Sill.
•Money is also included for new Armed Forces Reserve Centers in Oklahoma City; at Fort Sill; at Vance Air Force Base in Enid; in Norman; and at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant.


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