1. Association of Levee Boards of Louisiana USACE New Orleans District Update
Col. Stephen Murphy
Commander, New Orleans District
4 December 2019

2. USACE, New Orleans District FY19-20 State of the District
$947M TOTAL OBLIGATIONS
$404M in PBUD / Work Plan
$209M HSDRSS Supplemental
1,491 contracts awarded
Current & Future Funding
Continuing Resolution thru Dec. 20
$326M PBUD / Carry-In
$946M HSDRRS Supplemental
$1.65B BBA-18 Supplemental
TBD: FY19 Emergency Supplemental
BUILDING STRONG®
and Taking Care of People!

3. South Louisiana Flood Risk Management
Longest flood fight in New Orleans District history…with a hurricane
292 Days

4. Mississippi River and Tributaries
Repair & Restore, Construction & Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
2019 Supplemental Funding Received
Appropriation
Total Items
Cost
O&M 4
$53.5M
MR&T 10
$3.1M
Totals 14
$56.6
MR&T Current and Upcoming Construction
In Construction
FY19 Award
FY20 Award 6 4
Nine Mile Point Seepage
Baton Rouge Front Phase IV
Avondale Seepage
Carrollton Phase III- District Floodwall
MR Baton Rouge to the Gulf Dredging

5. Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System 26 contracts
Armoring, Levee Lifts, and General Reevaluation Reports
26 contracts
8 in construction
42 of 76.6 total miles complete
29 miles in construction
76.6 miles total system Armoring
41.65 miles NCC’d
28.95 miles under construction
6.00 miles awarded, NTP pending NFS levee lift completion
Two GRRs pending 45-day Public Review
26 total system Armoring Contracts
16 contracts NCC’d
8 contracts under construction
2 contracts to be awarded pending levee lift completion
Completed
Under Construction (armoring)
Armoring Award pending levee lift completion
Floodwall / Structure

6. Feasibility Study Areas
Flood Risk management: investigations Evaluating opportunities to further reduce flood risk
Feasibility Study Areas
Amite River & Tributaries
Upper
Barataria
South Central Coastal

7. South Louisiana Flood Risk Management West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction

8. South Louisiana Flood Risk Management
Morganza to the Gulf

9. Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction
New Orleans to Venice/Non-Federal Levee
NOV ($762M)
34 miles of back levees, pump stations and floodwalls
2 new pump stations
2 pump station fronting protection
NFL ($671M)
37 miles of levees and floodwalls (west bank back levees and MRL)
4 pump station fronting protection
4 backflow prevention
2 floodgates

10. USACE Levee Safety Program
Engineering Circular, Silver Jackets and National Levee Inventory
Draft Levee Safety EC
Release in Jan 2020
Feedback sought
Silver Jackets Funding
Wax Lake I-Wall Stability
Emergency Action Plan
Levee Inventory & Review
USACE-funded levee inspection and risk assessment
Inclusion in National Levee Database
BUILDING STRONG®
and Taking Care of People!

11. Keep in Touch with the New Orleans District
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