Source: The Desert Review
EL CENTRO- Senator Ben Hueso and Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia announced at the El Centro City Council chambers a $40,388,000 state budget allocation to the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The funds will provide for the design-build phase of the CHP El Centro Area Office Replacement Project. The allotment will pay for construction of a new 27,481 square-foot single-story building to be used by the El Centro California Highway Patrol.
The current 4,575 square-foot office was opened in 1966, and since its opening, numerous changes have occurred rendering the facility ineffective for operational needs, officials said.
“Senator Ben Hueso and myself have worked together to get this budget approved, so the California Highway Patrol can have a better facility to protect this County, and during the building phase, we hope this budget stays in the Imperial Valley when it comes to contractors to complete this replacement project,” said Garcia.
