WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Carl Levin (D-MI) announced today that Detroit Arsenal will receive $3,669,961 and Camp Grayling will receive $800,000 in Department of Defense (DOD) funding as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The funding will be used for a variety of construction and maintenance needs.

“Michigan’s brave servicemen and women continue to devote their lives in defense of our country,” said Stabenow. “This recovery package will provide important funding to help repair and upgrade the Detroit Arsenal and Camp Grayling, which will help improve the quality of life for our service members and create new jobs.”

“This federal economic recovery funding will help preserve and create jobs at the Detroit Arsenal and Camp Grayling,” said Levin. “I am pleased that this funding has been distributed quickly to help get our economy back on track while also providing for needed upgrades at military installations in Michigan and around the country.”

The funding comes as part of the Facilities Sustainment, Restoration, and Modernization portion of the ARRA. $835 million was distributed nationwide to perform needed repairs and upgrades, increase energy efficiency, upgrade utilities systems and improve quality of life for service members. This is in addition to the $11.55 million of ARRA funding for the Detroit Arsenal and Michigan National Guard installations that was previously announced by the DOD on March 20, 2009.

More detail on the funding awarded in Michigan can be found in the table below.

Installation/Location Project Title Cost Estimate
Detroit Arsenal Replace Electric Cables From Building 212 to Building 230 E $ 841,760.00
Detroit Arsenal Repair Roads ($787k) and Construct Organizational Parking ($612k) $ 1,399,351.00
Detroit Arsenal Mound Rd Improvements at Mound Rd Access Control Point $ 380,000.00
Detroit Arsenal Reconfigure Office Space For Garrison Missions bldg 232 $ 395,000.00
Detroit Arsenal Replace faulty capacitor banks at electrical substations $ 60,000.00
Detroit Arsenal Renovate Conf Rooms Bldg 231 $ 93,000.00
Detroit Arsenal Replace HVAC System In B212 Office Areas $ 258,000.00
Detroit Arsenal B212 Replace Cooling Water and Condensate Pump Motors $ 145,350.00
Detroit Arsenal B232, Install Fuel Cell Generator $ 99,500.00
Camp Grayling Repair/upgrade all Building Systems in BOQ)(Bldg 418) to Current Building Standards $ 800,000.00