Plans have been announced for the construction of a new Veterans Affairs care facility in El Paso.
The El Paso VA Medical Center will go up on the east side of the city within the borders of the William Beaumont Medical Center campus at Fort Bliss and will be designed to respond to the healthcare needs of the roughly 46,000 veterans who live in surrounding El Paso County and beyond.
Funding for VA care facility projects in El Paso has been secured by Congress in two phases. Last year, $150 million was approved for work on the existing nearly 30-year-old VA care center at 5001 N. Piedras Street, which opened in the fall of 1995.
The latest round of funding is dedicated to the construction of the new center. As planned, the new facility will be built adjacent to the William Beaumont Army Medical Center at 18511 Highlander Medics Street.
It is thought that it will take at least 4 years to complete the new center.
By Garry Boulard
