Top 10 earmarks in Pierce County in 2008

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Published: 06/08/08 1:00 am

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1. Fort Lewis construction: More than $387 million for a dozen projects ranging from construction of barracks to medical facilities

2. Intermodal Test Radiation Center: $5.5 million for pilot program to test rail cars at Port of Tacoma for radiation

3. Washington State Methamphetamine Initiative: $2.6 million for program to combat methamphetamine use statewide

4. Mobile Object Search Technology: About $2 million for Tacoma’s Topia Technologies to adapt software so Department of Defense can analyze large quantities of data without importing all the information

5. Salishan Hope VI Development Project: $1.4 million for renovation at Tacoma Housing Authority’s public housing development

6. City of Tacoma: $1.2 million to upgrade finger imaging system so it’s compatible with state’s criminal justice fingerprint database

7. Child Care Resource and Referral Network: $861,679 for program that evaluates child care resources across the state for parents and provides incentives to child care facilities that serve low-income children

8. City of Puyallup: $492,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure

9. City of Puyallup: $446,500 for program that would help Tacoma and Puyallup police departments communicate with one other

10. Community Health Care, Tacoma: $414,000 for facilities and equipment

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