Budget includes $581M for state military bases

Published 2:26 pm Tuesday, February 14, 2012

BREMERTON — Military bases in Washington will receive $581 million for construction projects under the budget President Obama sent to Congress.

The largest amount — $280 million — goes toward a second explosives handling wharf for Trident submarines at the Bangor base. Construction on the $715 million facility is to begin this summer.

The Kitsap Sun reported that seven projects at Joint Base Lewis-McChord would get $295 million and the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station would get a $6 million flight simulator.