Humphreys readies for upgrade to key utilities

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Humphreys readies for upgrade to key utilities
By Franklin Fisher, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Tuesday, February 24, 2009

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — Camp Humphreys is readying for a four-year upgrade to its power grid, water lines and other key utilities.

Officials say the $450 million project is crucial to transforming the base into the U.S. military’s flagship installation in South Korea.

Humphreys, in Pyeongtaek, is slated to triple in size in coming years and see the bulk of U.S. forces on the peninsula eventually stationed there.

"During this time we’re going to be tearing up roads and demolishing buildings," Brian Peckins, acting public works director for the U.S. Army Garrison-Humphreys, said Friday. "In the near term there will be lots of road closures and water outages and power outages."

The Humphreys expansion plan calls for 600 new structures to be built, and the post’s population is expected to dramatically increase, he said. The total expansion will cost an estimated $13 billion.


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