EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE — The Department of Veterans Affairs Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System announced a contract award to expand the outpatient clinic near Eglin Air Force Base.
The expansion will almost double the clinic’s current size to approximately 34,000 square feet. The contract to expand the GCVHCS’s VA clinic near Eglin AFB was awarded to ESA South Inc. and the Notice to Proceed was issued.
The expansion, to be completed in approximately 18 months, will allow GCVHCS to expand its primary care and behavioral health services in the additional space. No new services will be added to the Eglin VA clinic. The expansion’s cost is not expected to exceed $10 million.
In the coming weeks, patients receiving care from the Eglin VA clinic will notice fencing and signage around the parking lots as contractors prepare for construction. GCVHCS officials ask patients to use caution and render courtesy to each other and the contractors when they arrive for appointments.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Construction on Eglin VA clinic to begin soon