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Contractors will be able to tap into anestimatee $100 million worth of work when construction begins on a 575-square-milde range for undersea sonar training. The trainingf range’s environmental impact analysis approval paralleled Jacksonvilleconstruction companies’ gainingg access to up to $350 milliojn worth of U.S. Navy work last Since the kickoff of the 2005 Defensse Base Realignment andClosure process, the Navy has investef millions of dollars in area projects rangin g from new hangars to two housing communitied totaling more than 1,200 units, said Bob Buehn, chiedf of the city’s militarg affairs, veterans and disabled services division.
The planned underseqa training range, which still needs approval from the assistan t secretary of the will make the area increasingly attractive to Navytraining operations. “It’sa not like you have to go to theCaribbean [for undersea and you don’t need to go to Nevada to bomb with Pinecastl [Impact Range ] nearby,” Bueh n said.