WASHINGTON, D.C. — The new federal budget finalized in late March contains $14.6 billion in earmarks, including $361 million for Ohio projects.

The largest allocation by far is $18 million for Wright Airforce Base, located east of Dayton. The money will go toward planning and designing a new, 214,000-square-foot facility that will house operations of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC).

Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, who secured the funding along with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, wrote in a statement:

“This funding bolsters our economy, strengthens our infrastructure, and increases the Miami Valley’s competitiveness throughout our state.”

Brown and Rep. Dave Joyce won $6.8 million to build a new fire station in Hambden, a town 45 minutes east of Cleveland. The current fire station was erected in the 1940s and is deteriorating.

Joyce, who sits on the House Appropriations Committee, wrote in a statement:

“As an appropriator, I fought to bring your hard-earned tax dollars back to Northeast Ohio.”

The bulk of Ohio’s earmarks, or about $300 million, is going to construction projects, including $5 million to widen streets and create sidewalks.

Community and social programs are also getting funding.

Rep. Mike Carey, R-Ohio and Brown brought in $2 million for a new anti-hunger center in Columbus.

Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, won $4 million to expand the East Toledo Family Center.

Ohio accounts for just 2.5% of all earmarks this year, or about $30 per person. That’s well below states like Alaska, which got $642 earmarked per person. California came in with the most overall spending, at $1.05 billion.