Jacksonville, FL — One of the Naval Station Mayport projects listed on the Department of Defense's inventory of military construction projects that could be tapped to fund President Trump's National Emergency declaration, is now partially secure.
That project overall is $82.3 million for a Littoral Combat Ship Support Facility, which consists of a large administrative building and a parking garage. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast now says that $17 million garage is officially under contract. They previously told WOKV they're hoping to have the rest committed before September.
The garage and future administrative building are intended to support the growing LCS program at Mayport, which serves as a hub for one design of the ship. The Navy says the base is expected to get 14 of these ships overall, although that number was higher in past years. The parking garage will be five stories and will include 1,355 spaces. It's slated to be complete by April 2021.
There are no details currently available on the timing for the other Mayport project listed by the DOD, which is a $75 million Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant, which would modernize and improve the base's ability to treat wastewater. Solicitation for that contract is ongoing, according to NAVFAC Southeast.
The DOD list is a complete look at every military construction project that could be eliminated, reduced, or otherwise altered in order to find the funding to support the President's National Emergency declaration for border security. In issuing that list, however, the DOD said it would look at projects that had not already been awarded and are not expected to be awarded this fiscal year. That indicates not only that the parking garage is now safe, but that the administrative building should be as well, as long as the timing for the contract award holds.
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