Bonham veterans center is in line for new elevators as VA North Texas lands another round of maintenance money

The VA campus in Bonham is among the sites set for work in VA North Texas Health Care System's latest round of maintenance funding.

The health care system said in a release published Saturday, Oct. 24, by North Texas e-News that it received money during the final quarter of the 2026 fiscal year through the Veterans Health Administration's Non-recurring Maintenance program, following earlier rounds this year. It listed six projects:

Modernizing elevators in Bonham
Modernizing elevators in Dallas
Replacing elevators in Garland
Renovating an inpatient unit in Dallas to improve patient privacy and pandemic care
Infrastructure upgrades in Dallas for the electronic health record modernization effort
Renovating operating rooms, including surgical lights and booms

North Texas e-News identified the Bonham site as the Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center. The release does not give a price or a timeline for any of the six projects.

Jason Cave, VA North Texas's executive medical center director, said in the release that each project "comes back to one thing: the veteran in front of us," whether that means modern surgical equipment, more privacy for patients during a hospital stay or "making sure an elevator works when someone needs it most."

The national picture

Across the country, the VA said it put all of the $4.8 billion available for the maintenance program in fiscal 2026 under contract, a record for the program. Projects approved nationwide in the final quarter include:

$1.183 billion for fixing and updating aging systems inside medical facilities
$938 million for large building projects, including elevators, electrical systems and boiler plants
$560 million to prepare facilities for coming electronic health record updates

Sources

ntxe-news.com

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