HealthFriday, November 6
Work has started on a $48.2 million VA clinic on Plaza Way in Kennewick
The Daily Kennewick team
If you're a Tri-Cities veteran, a bigger clinic is on the way. Crews have started site work on the new Kennewick VA Clinic at 3811 Plaza Way, across from Trios Southridge Hospital, after a ceremonial groundbreaking Thursday. The two-story building will run about 100,000 square feet, paid for with $48.2 million in federal funding through the Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022.
The new Kennewick VA clinic will be about 100,000 square feet
Floor area of the new Kennewick VA clinic, beside places you know
Source: Tri-City Herald
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| Floor area | |
|---|---|
| The new Kennewick VA clinic | 100,000 sq. ft. (About 100,000 sq. ft.) |
| Richland VA Clinic, now | 9,000 sq. ft. (Federal Building) |
| Richland VA Clinic, planned | 15,000 sq. ft. (December expansion) |
| A football field | 57,600 sq. ft. (end zones included) |
It will add pharmacy, prosthetics, lab, dental, audiology, optometry, home-based primary care and support for homeless veterans, and radiology will include MRI capacity. The clinic is expected to serve more than 5,000 veterans and cut trips to Walla Walla or Seattle.
- Staffing: Richland clinic workers plus 160 new hires
- Builder: Ryan Companies is the general contractor
- Richland clinic: more than 65,000 patient visits last year
The Kennewick clinic is expected to see patients in early 2029
- Nov. 5Ceremonial groundbreaking held for the Kennewick VA Clinic.
- DecemberRichland VA Clinic expansion is planned.
- Early 2029Kennewick clinic is expected to serve its first patients.
Sources: Tri-City Herald, AppleValleyNewsNow.com
Veteran or family member? A resource expo and stand down runs today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the TRAC Center in Pasco.