APPROPRIATION TITLE: Construction Construction General Local Protection (Flood Control) LOCATION: The project is located in St. Charles, Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard, and St. Tammany Parishes in southeast DESCRIPTION: The recommended plan consists of a new levee north of US HWY 61, from the Jefferson-St. Charles Parish AUTHORIZATION: Flood Control Act of 1965; Water Resources Development Acts of 1974, 1986 and 1990; and FY 1992 Energy and REMAINING BENEFIT TO REMAINING COST RATIO: 5.4 to 1 at 3-1/8 percent. Benefits are from the latest available evaluation dated December 1982 at 1981 price levels. 'Completion schedule indefinite until financial support is furnished by local interests. 2 Excludes Mandeville Unit which has an indefinite completion date. 'Reflects $3,196,000 reduction assigned as savings and slippages and $8,193,000 reprogrammed from the project. Lower Mississippi Valley Division New Orleans District 29 JAN 1992 Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, and Vicinity (Hurricane Protection) 63 JUSTIFICATION: The lowlands in the Lake Pontchartrain tidal basin are subject to tidal overflow. The Greater New Orleans Complete: Levee N. of Airline Hwy Reach IIA, Sand Fill 1st Enlargement 354-435 Reach 4 Floodwalls at I-10 and Station 0 to 9+00 800,000 $11,607,000 NON-FEDERAL COST: In accordance with the cost sharing and financing concepts reflected in the Flood Control Act of 1965, the non-Federal sponsors must comply with the requirements listed below: Annual and Requirements of Local Cooperation Provide lands, easements, and right-of-ways, including borrow areas and spoil Bear 30 percent of the total project cost, including the items listed above and Reimburse the Federal Government for costs allocated pursuant to the Water Bear all costs of operations, maintenance, and replacements of all features of the Replacement $197,000,000 $928,000 Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, and In addition, local interests, through the combined efforts of the State of Louisiana, local levee and drainage districts, and parish police juries, have spent an estimated $25,366,000 between 1930-1963, based on the best cost records available, to improve and maintain the hurricane protection system existing prior to project authorization. Available costs of record are as follows: Combination of State of Louisiana and Lake Borgne Levee District and Chalmette Back Levee District on the Chalmette Back Levee Protection Systems Port of New Orleans (levees along Industrial Canal) Pontchartrain Levee District Fourth Drainage District of Jefferson Parish Total A very severe hurricane, "Betsy," occurred in the project area in September 1965, just prior to the authorization of the project in October 1965. Considerable damage was done to many of the existing levees, and local interests immediately instituted an accelerated rehabilitation program, with the view of restoring and strengthening existing protection prior to succeeding hurricane seasons. Any work performed by the non-federal after project authorization, that conforms to the project design criteria and alignment, is considered as work-in-kind in lieu of a cash contribution. Assurances are required for the two independently justified plans. a. Orleans Levee District: New agreements of assurances covering all local cooperation requirements and a deferred payment plan as authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 were executed on 30 March 1976. These assurances were accepted on behalf of the United States on 7 December 1977. b. St. Bernard Parish Police Jury and Lake Borgne Basin Levee District: New joint agreements of assurances covering all local cooperation requirements and a deferred payment plan as authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1974, were executed on 2 April 1976. These assurances were accepted on behalf of the United States on 7 December 1977. 2. High Level Plan: a. Orleans Levee District: For the Barrier Plan, new agreements of assurances covering all local cooperation requirements and a deferred payment plan as authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1974, were executed on 30 March 1976. These assurances were accepted on behalf of the United States on 7 December 1977. Amended assurances for the High Level Plan were executed by the local sponsor on 29 May 1985, and accepted by the United States on 21 June 1985. b. St. Tammany Parish: The Louisiana Office of Public Works executed an act of assurance dated 8 November 1976, agreeing to fulfill all local cooperation requirements for that portion of the project in St. Tammany Parish. These assurances were accepted on behalf of the United States on 7 December 1977. Amended assurances for the High Level Plan are required; however, due to failure of the local sponsor to agree to the items of local cooperation, this portion of the project has an indefinite completion date. |