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FEDZRAL WORKS AGEKCY
WORK PROJECTS ADlvIINIST:aA'nON
For L·,u nea_iate Release
Tuesday , J anuary 28 , 1941 .
BTCR.3hSED VOLlliiE OF UPA DE:Ii'E1TSE :"!ORK IlIDICATSD BY PROJECT APPROVALS
Presidential a:r,Yproval of 44 new 1'lPA national c1.efense
projects in two d.ays, alloceting Federal fnnds totalinc $8 , 352 , 000 ,
,,., as announced toa_ay by Fred R. Rauch , De:;uty Comu issioner of Uork
Projects .
During the first half of the f i scal year , ~1e poi:1ted out ,
the weekly lwera 6 e of defense :0roject a,y,wovals was 32 ::_)rojects
at:;grega ting $S , 549,000 .
Reflecting tne increased emphasis :'TfA has been pl:' cing on
airport construction as a phase of its :participation in the :national
defense progrnrn, Nr . R'.1.uch continu.ed , 21 of the new siro jects a:"pr oved
a1·e for work on civil and military airports .
Their total value L1
WPA funa_s is $6 , 328 , 700 .
Other :pro,iects are for construction ano_ reh2,l,ilitatio11 work
at A1·my a.:1C. NaV'J posts , erection of a.rl:lories aml other f,,~cili ties
for the :National Guard , im:proveraent of militar;;r roac.s c,nd malaria
c oi1 trol L1 the nei i;h"borhood of an An1:r 'oaso in Puerto Rico .
lfo 1,, J e:c sey f ares :oarticularly well in th e mntter of ai r )o rt
projects a:rrproveo. .
Im~)rovements will be made to the mm1icipal air-
-o ort at Atlantic City at a cost in NPA funds of $738 , 983 .
A new
a ir7 )o rt is to "be constructed. e,t Horristo,,m at a cost of ~687 , 081 and
another at Millville at a cost of $740 , 593 .
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The largest single project in the gToup , calling for an
e:z:penditure of $905 , 6~6 , will provide i mproved facilities for t he
rrru.nici:pal airport at Battle Creek, Michigan.
The work includes
excavating , grad.j_ng , construc tion of runways and taxi strips and the
installation of drainage structures .
Extensive improvements to t he Atlanta , Georgia , airport is
contemplated in a project val ued at $590 , 101.
Runways will be extended
and_ paved, new taxi strips laid and adcti tional lighting facilities
instal l ed.
Other large civil airpor t projects are locat ed a t Traverse
City, Michigan , cos t ing $406 , 097 , and in Cononine County, Arizona,
near Valle , costing $556 , 926 .
Two important airport project s are located at Army posts .
At the Air Corps Specialized Fl yin{; School , Eglin Fi eld. , Floricl_a,
$236 , 813 of WPA funds will be spent in the construc t ion of runways ,
warm- up aprons and taxi strips .
A new airport will be built at Fort
H. G. Wright , off the eastern t ip of Long Is l and , at a cost of $245 , 533.
Two of t he new project s are located in t he District of
Columb i a area a..rid nearb;y- K'3.l· yland.
One project for $20 , 126 calls for
the improvement of buildings and grou..>ids at :E'ort !-iyez\
Virginia.
The other provides for work a t the Naval Radio Station and the
Engine0r ing Experiment Station at tho Naval .Academy, Annapolis , Naryland ,
at a cost of $87, 041 .
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