Dozens Of New State Projects Add Up To Nearly $2 Billion In Construction Funding
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Facilities Commission
Capitol Complex (utility) - $71 million
Capitol Complex (office building/parking garage) - $174 million
Capitol Complex (MLK Boulevard) - $335 million
N. Austin Complex (new building/parking garage) - $186 million
GJ Sutton Building (San Antonio) - $132 million
Elias Ramirez Building parking garage (Houston) - $26 million
Department of Motor Vehicles headquarters - $58 million
Texas Workforce Commission
Building repairs/rehabilitation - $5.6 million
Historical Commission
San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site - $2 million
National Museum of the Pacific War - $2 million
Courthouse grants - $20 million
Library and Archives Commission
Sam Houston Library/Research Center repairs - $1 million
Preservation Board
IMAX Theatre renovations - $1.5 million
Capitol, Visitor Center, State History Museum repairs - $15 million
Department of State Health Services
New laboratory (Austin) - $4.6 million
Department of Public Safety
Regional offices/crime labs - $22 million
Gessner Office upgrade - $5 million
Multipurpose training facility - $2 million
Department of Aging and Disability Services
Repairs and Renovations - $10 million
General Land Office
Alamo Complex - $5.1 million
Alamo Master Planning - $25 million
Department of Criminal Justice
Building repairs/renovations - $60 million
Parks and Wildlife Department
Statewide park construction/major repair - $107 million
Wildlife, fisheries, law enforcement construction - $17 million
Headquarters construction/repair - $909,000
Parks minor repairs - $8.5 million
Military Department
Statewide repairs/rehabilitation - $51 million
Deferred Maintenance Projects
The Facilities Commission will receive about $217 million for health and safety and deferred maintenance projects at state facilities, along with roughly $20 million in addition for emergency repairs in the current budget. Those emergency repairs include $9.5 million for general health and safety concerns at state buildings and $10.9 million for repairs at the Texas School for the Deaf. Other state departments receiving deferred maintenance funding include Transportation ($200 million), Parks and Wildlife ($91 million), Criminal Justice ($60 million), Public Safety ($21 million), Military ($19.5 million), Historical Commission ($825,000).
