Contract awarded for Morganza to the Gulf Reach A Construction

USACE New Orleans District
Published July 17, 2024

New Orleans, La. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a contract for constructing over 3 miles of earthen levee in Terrebonne Parish.

 

The contract was awarded on July 17, 2024, to Justin J. Reeves, LLC of Houma, Louisiana in the amount of $7,624,288.55. This contract is part of the Morganza to the Gulf Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project.

 

Senior Project Manager Lacy Shaw said “Riding on the tails of the instrumental work that the locals and State have undertaken to build over 80 miles of levees on Morganza to the Gulf, we are delighted that Federal funds were made available to initiate construction on the first Phase of Reach A.  This is the first step in closing the gap to reduce the community’s vulnerably to storm surge.”

 

The Morganza to the Gulf Project is a hurricane and storm damage risk reduction project and part of the Mississippi River and Tributaries system. The project is a 98-mile system consisting of earthen levees, floodgates, environmental water control structures, road/railroad gates and fronting protection for existing pump stations. Major project features include two floodgates in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) and a lock complex on the Houma Navigation Canal (HNC) consisting of a lock and an adjacent floodgate. 

 

The non-Federal sponsors, Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District along with the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority have constructed over 80 miles of levees in the vicinity of the authorized Morganza to the Gulf levee system. However, in the area of Reach A, no levee segments have been constructed.  Designs of project features are underway to continue to reduce the city of Houma and surrounding communities to the risk of flooding, storm surge, and sea level rise. Construction of these project features requires future appropriation from Congress.

To read more about the project, visit the project website here: https://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/About/Projects/Morganza-to-the-Gulf/ 
 

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Release no. 24-036