Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced today that the Senate Appropriations Committee allotted $41 million for the fiscal year 2010 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations spending bill.
The bill would fund military projects in Brunswick and Bangor, allowing $28 million for the construction of a new hangar to replace the existing 55-year-old Maine Air National Guard hangar at the Bangor International Airport as well as $13 million for the construction of a joint Armed Forces Reserve Center in Brunswick.
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