(From left to right) Capt. Daniel Travers, the commander of Coast Guard Sector Columbia River, Capt. John Healy, the commanding officer of the Coast Guard Design and Construction Center in Norfolk, Va., Arline LeMear, the mayor of the City of Astoria, Lt. Cmdr. Christiane Weber, Coast Guard project manager, Robert Wilkins and Gabe Duus of Integrity Structures out of Vancouver, Wash., Tony Ewing of Columbia River Excavations as well as Mike Gabe, also from Integrity Structures, prepare to break ground on a housing expansion project at Coast Guard housing in Astoria, Ore., April 6, 2015.
The housing project is projected to cost approximately $9 million will improve infrastructure provide 12 new homes to the existing Coast Guard neighborhood.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg.
Members of the Coast Guard, City of Astoria, Integrity Structure in Vancouver, Wash., as well as Columbia River Excavation in Astoria, Ore., break ground on a new Coast Guard housing expansion project in Astoria, April 6, 2015.
The original housing units were built in 1995 and the new units will match the same style but allow for modern updates.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg.
Designs for the homes of future Coast Guard members are displayed at a construction site groundbreaking ceremony held at the Coast Guard housing neighborhood in Astoria, Ore., April 6, 2015.
The construction will add 12 additional units to the 120 already housing Coast Guard members in the neighborhood.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg.