Brig. Gen. Russell Driggers, commander of the 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio, speaks during a panel at a Community Connections meeting hosted by Lackland ISD.Members of the Joint Base San Antonio military community asked questions of base leaders at a town hall event Thursday primarily focusing on roads and traffic, safety, STEM opportunities and expectations for the upcoming school year.
Help the San Antonio Report raise $15,000 during our summer campaign to bolster our daily reporting and work on new projects. Your one-time gift of $100 or more, or your monthly gift of $8 or more gets you a free SA Report T-shirt!Driggers was joined on a panel by Lackland ISD superintendent Burnie Roper, school liaison Diana Prior, Richard Trevino from the base civil engineering group, a security forces representative, a child services representative, and Col.
Trevino explained that in fiscal year 2024, the civil engineering group will be working on repairing the road off Kenly Avenue toward base housing, which is about a $1.7 million project, and also Carswell Avenue, which is about a $3.2 million project.