WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate today approved a $122 billon Transportation and Urban Development Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2010 that includes $200,000 for the Abused Women’s Aid in Crisis, or AWAIC, shelter in Anchorage, according to U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, who secured the AWAIC funding.
“This funding will help AWAIC make needed structural repairs to its facility so they can continue providing a safe haven for victims of domestic violence,” said Murkowski, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Murkowski today announced a total of $8.1 million in funding for Alaska projects in the Transportation and Urban Development bill.
“This funding will pay for a variety of vital roads and bridges, airport lighting and urban development projects across Alaska, ranging from municipal bridges and trestles replacement in Ketchikan to the relocation of a crisis center facility in Anchorage,” Murkowski said.
The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill provides funding for the following Alaska items:
• Denali Commission Transportation Programs — $1 million
• Fairbanks North Star Borough Road and Bridge Improvements — $1 million
• Juneau International Airport Medium Intensity Approach Lighting System with Runway Alignment Lights — $1 million
• Matanuska-Susitna Borough Road and Bridge Improvements — $1 million
• Multi-Disciplinary Combined Facility (governmental and health services in one building) for the Copper River Native Association — $1 million
• Bristol Bay — $1 million for infrastructure expansion at the Port of Bristol Bay
• Covenant House Alaska Crisis Center — $500,000 for the relocation of a crisis center facility in Anchorage
• City of Ketchikan replacement and rehabilitation of municipal bridges and trestles — $500,000
• Sitka Waterfront Development — $500,000
• Anchorage Community Land Trust — $400,000 for rehabilitation and renewal of key blighted property along Mountain View Drive
• Abused Women’s Aid in Crisis Domestic Violence Shelter in Anchorage — $200,000 for infrastructure improvements.
The Senate bill must now be reconciled with a House version by a joint House-Senate conference committee.
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