GOLDEN, Colo. (KDVR) — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and members of Colorado’s congressional delegation announced the construction of a state-of-the-art facility for the United States Geological Survey on the Colorado School of Mines campus.
U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter announced Colorado has secured $167 million in federal funding to kick off the project. There is still $73 million worth of funding that needs to be secured to complete the project.
It will be funded by money from the bipartisan infrastructure bill signed into law by President Biden last year, which will be a major driver for the project.
U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper said the new facility will help scientists better understand and study clean energy. The current USGS site at the Federal Center in Lakewood is outdated, according to the delegation.
“Science is at the heart of Interior’s mission, and we are committed to empowering the agency’s scientific and technical experts to use the best available technology to guide our work. This investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help maintain and enhance the necessary infrastructure to provide unique research and operational capabilities in critical minerals research, energy resource evaluation and other essential energy and mineral program priorities for the USGS,” Haaland said.
The facility is expected to be complete in five years.
You can watch the announcement on FOX31 NOW.