{"id":128861,"date":"2026-03-03T23:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T23:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/128861\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T23:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T23:31:07","slug":"erie-va-medical-center-to-begin-infrastructure-upgrades-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/128861\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie VA Medical Center to Begin Infrastructure Upgrades | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Erie VA Medical Center\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"728\" height=\"409\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>The Erie VA Medical Center will begin infrastructure upgrades. The projects are a part of the $4.8 billion in nationwide VA spending utilized to modernize, repair, and improve department health care facilities through the Veterans Health Administration\u2019s Non-Recurring Maintenance program.<\/p>\n<p>Erie VA improvement projects for the second quarter of fiscal year 2026 are:<\/p>\n<p>Sterile Processing Services (SPS) clean steam utility and water piping replacement<\/p>\n<p>Renovate Distribution Center Cleanroom Storage<\/p>\n<p>Expand Emergency Power Generation Phase 3 (EEPG III)<\/p>\n<p>Expand Parking Lot A<\/p>\n<p>\u201cErie VA Medical Center will utilize these funds to upgrade facilities, modernize equipment, and improve infrastructure, which will enhance the extraordinary care and services we provide for Veterans,&#8221; said Erie VA Medical Center Associate Director of Patient Care Services Dorene Sommers. \u201cThese projects are crucial in sustaining our commitment to continually fulfill our mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Kimberly Hackbarth at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.erienewsnow.com\/news\/erie-va-medical-center-to-begin-infrastructure-upgrades\/mailto:Kimberly.hackbarth@va.gov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kimberly.hackbarth@va.gov<\/a>\u00a0or at (814) 915-1073.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Erie VA Medical Center will begin infrastructure upgrades. The projects are a part of the $4.8 billion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,15043,59947,34388,51022,10196],"class_list":{"0":"post-128861","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-erie","9":"tag-erie-headlines","10":"tag-erie-news","11":"tag-erie-va-medical-center","12":"tag-facility-modernization","13":"tag-infrastructure-upgrades","14":"tag-veterans-health-administration","15":"tag-veterans-services"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}