Congress sent the Water Resources Reform and Development Act to the White House Thursday, authorizing 34 water projects across the country at a total cost of $12.3 billion over the next 10 years. The projects are:
NAVIGATION
- Sabine Neches Waterway, Texas and Louisiana, $748 million.
- Jacksonville Harbor, Mile Point, Jacksonville, Florida, $27.8 million.
- Savannah Harbor, Savannah, Georgia, $492 million.
- Freeport Harbor, Freeport, Texas, $121 million.
- Canaveral Harbor, Cape Canaveral, Florida, $29.2 million.
- Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts, $216.4 million.
- Lake Worth Inlet, Palm Beach County, Florida, $57.5 million.
- Jacksonville Harbor, Jacksonville, Florida., $362 million.
FLOOD-RISK MANAGEMENT
- Topeka, Kansas, $17.3 million.
- Natomas Basin, California, $760.6 million.
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa, $73.1 million.
- Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota, $846.7 million.
- Ohio River Shoreline, Paducah, Kentucky, $13.1 million.
- Springfield, Missouri, $13.5 million.
- San Joaquin River Basin, California, $23.6 million.
- Sutter Basin, California, $255.2 million.
- Truckee Meadows, Nevada, $181.6 million.
HURRICANE AND STORM DAMAGE RISK REDUCTION
- West Onslow Beach and New River Inlet, North Carolina, $99 million.
- Surf City and North Topsail Beach, North Carolina, $206 million.
- San Clemente shoreline, California, $51 million.
- Walton County, Florida, $42 million.
- Morganza to the Gulf, Louisiana, $6.6 billion.
HURRICANE AND STORM DAMAGE RISK REDUCTION AND ENVIRNOMENTAL RESTORATION
- Mississippi Coastal Improvement Program, Hannock, Harrison and Jackson counties, Mississippi, $693.3 million.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
- Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island, Maryland, $1.2 billion.
- Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Caloosahatchee River, Florida, $313.3 million.
- Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Canal Western Project, Florida, $87.2 million.
- Louisiana Coastal Area, Louisiana, $1 billion.
- Marsh Lake, Minnesota, $6.7 million.
- Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetland, Florida, $98.5 million.
- Broward County Water Preserve Area, Florida, $448 million.
- Barataria Basin Barrier, Louisiana, $321.7 million.
- Neuse River Basin, North Carolina, $23.8 million.
- Lynhaven River, Virginia, $22.8 million.
- Willamette River Floodplain, Oregon, $27.4 million.
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