West Point To Receive More Than $100M In Gov. Funding For Repairs
WEST POINT, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- The U.S. Military Academy will receive around $125 million in government funding to improve the campus' aging infrastructure.
Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand made the announcement on Tuesday. Of that money, $70 million will go to replace the campus' old and leaky waste water system. Another $55 million will be used to build a new elementary school.
Schumer and Gillibrand said West Point's sewage system was built in 1956, and hasn't been upgraded since the 1970s.
The elementary school was built in 1963 and fails to meet federal education and energy regulations, the senators said.
The money is included in the U.S. Department of Defense's $607 billion defense policy bill, which was passed by Congress.
President Obama is expected to sign the bill.
In September, West Point was ranked No. 2 top public college and No. 22 top liberal arts college in the 2016 edition of 'Best Colleges' by U.S. News & World Report.
The academy was founded in 1802.
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