Budget hearings continue this week with a full day on the capital program Tuesday.
The 2009 plan calls for nearly $121 million in spending, more than double what was budgeted for this year and the most in seven years. Police and fire departments, whose facilities have been crumbling for years, get a needed boost. Street resurfacing is nearly triple was it was given this year.
Here are some of the big ticket items, which are used for facility improvements unless otherwise specified:
--New juvenile detention facility (separate from Youth Study Center): $21.4 million.
--Street resurfacing: $19.6 million.
--Police: $13.5 million -- $5 million SWAT/bomb squad training facility; $5 for general police buildings; and $3.5 million for Police Tactical Facility and Warehouse.
--Library: $10.4 million -- $9 million to upgrade Central Library, $1.4 million for branches.
--Recreation Department: $10.3 million.
--City Hall: $7.4 million renovations and safety improvements.
--Fire Department: $5.8 million.
--Fairmount Park: $4.5 million.
--Septa Market El project: $3.7 million.
--Penn’s Landing: $2.7 million.
--Schuylkill and Delaware riverfronts: $2.2 million.
--GreenPlan Philadelphia (open space): $2.0 million.
--Navy Yard: $1.7 million.
--Health Department: $1.2 million.
Testimony begins 10 a.m. in Council Chambers Tuesday.
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