Authorized under Section 205 of Public Law 858, 80th Congress, 2nd Session, of the Flood Control Act approved 30 June 1948, as amended. The project provides for construction of an earthen levee from Roussel Pumping Station (Mile 1.8 Harvey Canal) to La. State Hwy. No. 45 at Crown Point, La. (Mile 10.5 Bayou Barataria) and excavation of three ditches to provide for intercepted drainage. Local interests are responsible for furnishing all rights-of-way, making all necessary relocations and modifications of existing utilities, for constructing a new pumping station in Cousins Canal and constructing two-gated culverts, one in Bayou Aux Carpes and one in Bayou Des Familles. Local interests must also bear all costs in excess of the $1,000,000 limit for Federal expenditures imposed by Section 205.

The levee embankment will be constructed in two lifts designated as Phase I and Phase II.

To protect lands adjacent to Harvey Canal and Bayou Barataria from hurricane flooding.

The average water surface in Harvey Canal is about elevation 0.1 N.G.V.D. and the maximum stage recorded is elevation 4.20 N.G.V.D. which occurred during the passage of Hurricane "Carla" in September 1961.

Construction of Phase I levee was initiated in August 1971 and was physically completed 30 June 1973. Construction of Phase II, levee shaping and gated culverts by local interests, is indefinite.

            $ 985,600    Federal Funds
               425,209    Local Interest Funds
 
Total     $1,410,809