ROAD AND BRIDGE
City officials in San Angelo announced on Wednesday that they have been awarded a $20 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense through its Defense Community Infrastructure Program. This grant will fund significant improvements to Christoval Road on the southwest side of Goodfellow Air Force Base.
The Federal funding will support a $28.6 million upgrade of transportation and utilities between Paint Rock Road and South Chadbourne Street. This project aims to improve mobility, safety, and access for the community and Goodfellow Air Force Base, enhancing connections to nearby neighborhoods and supporting TxDOT’s upgrades on Christoval Road.
San Angelo City Manager Phillip Urrutia says “Securing this grant took a tremendous amount of work from our City staff, and it wouldn’t have been possible without the strong, ongoing partnership we have with Goodfellow Air Force Base. This funding addresses a real and pressing need for the traffic infrastructure in and around the base. There’s still significant work ahead as we move into construction, but San Angelo has a strong track record of successfully pursuing grant opportunities like this one and we’re proud that it will directly benefit our partners at Goodfellow and the surrounding community.”
Goodfellow Air Force Base Commander Col. Matthew Norton said the project will directly support base operations, advance modernization efforts and benefit San Angelo as a community. “This investment aligns with our wing’s infrastructure modernization line of effort built on a foundational one-community approach that strengthens San Angelo’s long-term capacity to support Goodfellow Air Force Base and the 17th Training Wing mission.”
