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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers releases listing of Recovery Act-funded Civil Works projects

April 28, 2009
By Eugene Pawlik, HQUSACE Public Affairs

WASHINGTON— The United States Army Corps of Engineers today released a listing of Civil Works projects to be funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

The legislation, signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 17, appropriated $4.6 billion to the Corps for its Civil Works program. The $4.6 billion is distributed in the following program accounts:

  • Operation and Maintenance $2.075 billion
  • Construction - $2 billion
  • Mississippi River and Tributaries - $375 million
  • Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program - $100 million
  • Investigations - $25 million
  • Regulatory Program - $25 million

"The Recovery Act funds for Civil Works will enable the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to do much good for the nation," said John Paul Woodley, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.

"In addition to the opportunity to help the nation and her citizens recover from this time of economic hardship," said Woodley, "the Corps will be able to use these funds to accomplish work on water resources projects that will benefit the nation for years to come."

"The Corps is fully committed to ensuring the Recovery Act funds provided for Civil Works are used to achieve the purposes envisioned by the President and Congress for the legislation," said Maj. Gen. Merdith "Bo" Temple, deputy commanding general for Civil and Emergency Operations for the Corps.

"We intend to quickly put these dollars into action to get our fellow citizens to work on Corps projects throughout the nation," said Temple. "At the same time, we will use these funds to build long-term value for the nation in its water resources projects with these funds."

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Economists estimate that Corps Recovery Act projects will create or maintain approximately 57,400 direct construction industry jobs and an additional 64,000 indirect and induced jobs in firms supplying or supporting the construction and the businesses that sell goods and services to these workers and their families.

The Corps' list of Recovery Act-funded Civil Works projects released today includes approximately 178 construction projects, 892 Operation and Maintenance projects, 45 Mississippi River and Tributaries projects, 67 Investigations projects, and nine projects under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). Regulatory Program funds are distributed to Corps districts based upon workload. All projects on the lists have received appropriated funds in prior years' Energy and Water Development Appropriations acts. No project on the lists is a new start.

The projects selected represent a set of productive investments that will contribute to economic development and aquatic ecosystem restoration. Consistent with congressional guidance that the Corps' allocation of Recovery Act funds maximize national benefits, the Corps made its allocation of Recovery Act construction funds based on the economic and environmental return of its ongoing projects.

The projects also meet the five criteria enumerated in the Congressional report accompanying the Recovery Act, namely that the projects:

  • Be obligated/executed quickly;
  • Result in high, immediate employment;
  • Have little schedule risk;
  • Be executed by contract or direct hire of temporary labor; and
  • Complete a project phase, a project, an element, or will provide a useful service that does not require additional funding.

Recovery Act funds will be used to complete increments of work on previously started projects and in some cases to complete such projects.

The projects released today are distributed very broadly across the United States. The distribution of selected projects spreads the employment and other economic benefits across the nation.

The lists of projects released today and additional information on the Corps' role in the Recovery Act are available on the Web at www.usace.army.mil/recovery.

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Norfolk District Projects

INVESTIGATIONS

AIWW BRIDGE AT DEEP CREEK ($700,000)
Funding will be used to award a task order under an Architect/Engineer contract; work to be performed would include: Update the roadway design to incorporate changes that have occurred over the past 8 years within the project footprint; complete design of bridge, identify all Lands, Easements, Rights-of-Way and Relocations (LERRs) required due to project impacts, prepare construction plans and specifications, and move the project closer to the Ready to Advertise (RTA) point.

CONSTRUCTION

CAP ELIZABETH RIVER ($235,000)
Award a contract to construct a wetlands restoration project in the drainage canal at Old Dominion University. Work consists of filling and grading with clean wetland sediments and planting with native wetland plants. $235,000

CAP ELIZABETH RIVER, SCUFFLETOWN ($135,000)
Award construction contract for wetlands restoration project at Scuffletown Creek.

OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE

ATLANTIC INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY-ALBEMARLE AND CHESAPEAKE CANAL, BRIDGE INFRASTRUCTURE ITEM ($375,000)
Award contract to include but not limited to replacing, or refurbish traffic control gates, lights, conduit, controls, and cables, and traffic detours during construction to the North Landing Bridge, Va.

ATLANTIC INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY-ACC, BRIDGE INFRASTRUCTURE ITEM ($875,000)
Award contract to include but not limited to replacing, or refurbishing bridge grid and structures, and provide traffic detours during construction to the North Landing Bridge, Virginia. Costs include design work.

ATLANTIC INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY-DISMAL SWAMP CANAL, BRIDGE INFRASTRUCTURE ITEM ($500,000)
Award contract modification to include but not limited to replacing structural steel and concrete, repairs to the tenders houses, replace or refurbish traffic control gates, lights, conduit, and cables, painting, and traffic detours during construction on and below the South Mills Bridge, N.C.

BROAD CREEK ($670,000)
Award contract to Dredge the channel and restore the 7-foot maintenance depth, including earthwork activities to prepare the upland disposal site for dredged material and actual dredging and material placement at the site. This channel is essential to the navigation public as it is a Critical Harbor of Refuge for vessels along the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Rappahannock River.

CHINCOTEAGUE BAY CHANNEL ($328,000)
Dredge the navigation channel and harbor to restore the authorized 5-foot depth of this critical harbor of refuge used by the area commercial fishing industry.

GATHRIGHT DAM AND LAKE MOOMAW ($285,000)
Repair roof for various support facilities and updating the water control manual on this 1100 foot-long dam and reservoir project which has prevented over $257 million in flood damages in the Jackson and James River basins.

GREENVALE CREEK ($450,000)
Dredge the navigation channel and restore the authorized 6-foot maintenance depth to improve safety and restore channel and public access point for struggling businesses.

HAMPTON CREEK ($868,000)
Dredge critical shoals in channel and harbor to restore 12-foot depth. Barges and large commercial fishing vessels having difficulty navigating congested project, impairing safety. Project also used as Harbor of Refuge. City reports project vital to local & regional economy.

HAMPTON ROADS, NORFOLK & NEWPORT NEWS HARBOR ($123,000)
Award contract to support increased patrols and removal of floating debris within the Norfolk Harbor and tributaries to preclude debris collisions with hulls and critical appendages and possible sinking of military, commercial and pleasure vessels.

HOSKINS CREEK ($1,093,000)
Dredge the channel to restore the 10-foot project depth; work will include preparing the upland dredged material site. The channel transports grain from twelve counties spanning both Virginia and Maryland. USCG uses project as a safe harbor during storm events.

JAMES RIVER CHANNEL ($3,000,000)
Perform maintenance dredging within shoaled areas of the channel at Tribell Shoal and Richmond Deepwater Terminal-Hopewell Channels. Channel used by ships bound for Richmond Deepwater Terminal. Serves container vessel traffic thus avoiding need for containers to be transported on highly congested I-64, at increased cost and fuel consumption, and reduced safety.

LYNNHAVEN INLET ($517,000)
Perform full maintenance dredging within the most critically shoaled areas of the channel.

NORFOLK HARBOR ($3,000,000)
Craney Island Dredged Material Management Area, part of the Norfolk Harbor project, is a 2,500-acre facility serving the Hampton Roads region. Surrounded by 8 miles of containment dikes, divided into three cells, each with two spill boxes. The Norfolk Harbor O&M project has several itemized work items. This item is for raising dikes at Craney Island to provide capacity for additional dredged material inflows required during the coming months.

NORFOLK HARBOR ($1,000,000)
Sediment testing for EPA compliance at Dam Neck Ocean Dredged Material Site.

NORFOLK HARBOR ($130,000)
Award a contract to install safety rails and repair the Fort Norfolk seawall.

NORFOLK HARBOR ($150,000)
A contract to repair storm damage to the Craney Island project office including roofing, siding and HVAC.

NORFOLK HARBOR ($510,000)
A contract to replace the Craney Island Rehandling Basin bulkhead.

NORFOLK HARBOR ($950,000)
Award a contract to accomplish an environmental compliance initiative at Craney Island.

NORFOLK HARBOR ($2,280,000)
A contract to replace spillway #3 at Craney Island. Craney Island Dredged Material Mgmt. Area, part of the Norfolk Harbor project, is a 2,500 acre facility serving the Hampton Roads region.

NORFOLK HARBOR ($2,030,000)
Award a contract to construct Breakwaters on the west shoreline of the Craney Island disposal facility to prevent continued erosion and improve water quality.

PAGAN RIVER ($900,000)
Dredge the channel and restore the 6-foot maintenance depth serving Town of Smithfield and used as a harbor of refuge and base of operations for Smithfield Police for search and rescue.

QUEENS CREEK, MATHEWS COUNTY ($447,000)
Award a contract to maintenance dredge critical shoals within the channel to a depth of 6 feet. Work will restore safe navigation. Queens Creek provides navigation and safe harbor for commercial fishing and tour boats. The Coast Guard frequently sends patrols through the channel on Search and Rescue operations for boaters whose destination was Queens Creek. Dredged material is beneficially used being placed on the shoreline as a major source of nourishment material.

WINTER HARBOR, MATHEWS COUNTY ($1,190,000)
Award a contract to dredge the channel to restore project depth. Work will restore safe navigation.

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