Medical center plans amended


Posted: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 02:16 PM - 6,185 Readers

By: Staff Reports


The new Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood will be constructed in its entirety starting in 2010, rather than in two phases as originally planned, U.S. Reps. John Carter, R-Round Rock, and Chet Edwards, D-Waco, announced Tuesday.

By combining the two phases, the hospital, originally planned for completion in 2019, could be built sooner and with lower construction costs, they said.

The new hospital will be funded with $621 million in stimulus money as well as $306 million from the 2009 supplemental appropriations bill.




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