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House subcommittee warns Coast Guard faces $7 billion shore-infrastructure backlog, program delays
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The subcommittee chairman told a Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee hearing that the U.S. Coast Guard faces a $7,000,000,000 shore-side infrastructure backlog and shortages of seaworthy and air assets needed to carry out its missions.
The subcommittee chairman told a Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee hearing that the U.S. Coast Guard faces a $7,000,000,000 shore-side infrastructure backlog and shortages of seaworthy and air assets needed to carry out its missions.
"The Coast Guard faces a $7,000,000,000 shore side infrastructure backlog with barracks, hangars, and docks that are literally crumbling, leaking, or both," the subcommittee chairman said, and described aging cutters and aviation assets that are being pushed beyond planned service lives.
The chairman said the service is in the middle of a multi-decade modernization plan that has delivered response cutters and national security cutters, but that several programs remain behind…
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