Politics & Government
$6.5M for Columbia Parks, $7.7M for Net-Zero School: HoCo's Proposed Capital Budget
The $259.9 million budget also includes a possible police station for Columbia and East Columbia and Central branch library renovations.
Funding for projects from a new school to a new police station were part of the proposed capital budget that County Executive Ken Ulman released Tuesday.
Ulman said the budget outlines a $259,939,000 capital spending program for the fiscal year from July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015, aimed at increasing the quality of life in Howard County through investments in education, public safety, the environment and recreation. Below are some highlights.
Howard County Public School System: $77.338 million
Some of the Howard County Board of Education's capital projects are listed.
- Deep Run Elementary renovations/expansion: $13.754 million
- Atholton High School renovation: $9.486 million
- Wilde Lake Middle School building, to be Maryland's first net-zero energy school, generating as much energy as it uses: $7.7 million
- Thomas Viaduct Middle School completion, to open in Elkridge in August 2014: $1.5 million
- Systemic renovations: $13.8 million
- Technology: $5 million
- Renovation/expansion at Central and East Columbia branches: $550,000
- New Elkridge branch: $6.255 million for design and construction start
- Nursing school renovation completion: $1.5 million
- Broadband installation: $30 million
- Alpha Ridge improvements: $4.4 million
- Cybersecurity for county technology infrastructure: $3.5 million
- Courthouse renovation: $3 million
- Emergency power generation: $3 million
- Ellicott City's downtown enhancements: $1.2 million
- US Route 1 revitalization: $1 million
- Study for third police station planning: $100,000
- Route 1/Port Capital Drive fire station: $2.925 million
- New Elkridge station completion: $505,000
- New parks/field by East Columbia branch: $3.5 million
- Troy Park: $8.9 million
- Blandair Regional Park: $3 million
- County pathway and trail rehab and expansion: $400,000
- Road resurfacing: $14.5 million
- Road construction: $7.648
- Sidewalk/curb projects: $2.161 million
- Intersection improvement program: $1.23 million
- Bicycle master plan: $900,000
- Bridge improvements: $700,000
- Downtown Columbia Patuxent Branch Trail extension: $500,000
- Storm drainage projects: $16.575 million
- Fort Meade water supply facility: $5 million
- Little Patuxent Water Reclamation Plant repairs: $4.22 million
- Water tank recoating: $3.605 million
- Reimbursement for developers that construct major facilities: $3 million
Next, the County Council will review the budget and hold two public hearings so the public can weigh in on the proposal.
Related: SPEAK OUT—2 Public Hearings on FY 2015 Capital Budget Proposal
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