Fiscal Year 2024 Requests

Morganza to the Gulf, LA

Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District
Location: 7400 Leake Ave., New Orleans, LA 70118
Amount of Request: $28 Million
Details: The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority is requesting $28,000,000 for the Corps of Engineers as a community project funding request to raise Reach F and construct Reach A and/or other critical features of the Morganza to the Gulf Project. Reach A is a critical levee reach in the system that connects the community of Dularge and Houma in Terrebonne Parish, LA. This would be a critical feature to the comprehensive protection offered by the Morganza to the Gulf Project. This would also connect two key features of the Morganza system – Reach B in Dularge with the Western Tie-in near Houma. Additionally, the raising of Reach F between the Houma Navigation Canal Floodgate and the Dularge Reach will increase the level of protection along the system. This project will not only protect the communities and residents within Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes, but also an industrial base that supports 20 percent of our nation's domestically-produced energy. Moreover, the system will protect shipyards currently building vessels for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA, and NSF. Nearly $1 billion has been invested in the Morganza to the Gulf System through local and state funds, with residents taxing themselves for over 20 years to build this hurricane protection infrastructure.

Houma Navigation Canal, LA

Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District
Location: 7400 Leake Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118
Amount of Request: $500,000
Details: The Port of Terrebonne is requesting $500,000 as a community project funding request to advance deepening required for the Houma Navigation Canal. The Houma Navigation Canal is a critical national asset that serves as an important waterway for shipbuilding activities that support the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, National Marine Fisheries Service, and the National Science Foundation at locations along the channel. Additionally, fabrication and service work for offshore energy development, including wind energy components, occurs along the channel.

St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District North-South Connecting Road Project

Recipient: St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District
Location: 100 Port Blvd, 3^rd Floor, Chalmette, LA 70043
Amount of Request: $7,807,143
Details: The St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District, is requesting $7,807,143 for the construction of their North-South Connecting Road Project as a community project funding request. The Port’s location along the lower Mississippi River, one of the busiest shipping corridors in the world, allowed it to handle over seven million tons of bulk and general cargo in 2020. The North-South Connecting Road Project will enhance access to the port and aid in hurricane evacuation for the local community. Specifically, the North-South Connecting Road will serve as a critical transportation juncture and provide significantly more connectivity for St. Bernard Parish residents and businesses by connecting the parish’s only two east-west corridors.