Scott Air Force Base Project Could Be Cut To Pay For Border Wall Construction

[Sherman A1]

Among the military construction projects that could be cut, or at least delayed, in order to pay for a wall on the southern border of the United States is a $41 million communications facility expansion at Scott Air Force Base.

Plans to build a new $1.75-billion National Geospatial-Intellence Agency campus in north St. Louis, a $5 million automated record fire range for the Illinois Army National Guard in Marseilles and a new $9 million fire rescue facility in Peoria are other construction projects that could be affected in order to build a border wall.

Those projects were among the $12.9 billion worth of military construction projects that could be sacrificed in order to pay for a border wall, according to a list released by the Department of Defense.

The $41 million project at Scott would include consolidating several air scheduling and operations centers and resources into one location on the base, said Karen Petitt, chief of public affairs for the 375th Air Mobility Wing, based at Scott.

https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/scott-air-force-base-project-could-be-cut-pay-border-wall-construction

[MFM008]

1. I lived on Scott AFB

for 7 years in the 60's.
Most of that part of the base is gone now....

[Sherman A1]

2. Yes,

Like almost everywhere else things have certainly changed. Lots of the fields around there are houses or shopping malls.