Fiscal Year 2027 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: $162 Million
Details: The funding would be used to advance critical features of the Morganza system. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer funds because the Morganza system will protect not only the communities and residents within Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes, but also an industrial base that supports about 20 percent of our nation's domestically produced oil and natural gas. Moreover, the system will protect shipyards currently building or repairing vessels for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, NOAA, and NSF. Lastly, nearly $1 billion has been invested in the Morganza system through local and state funds, with residents taxing themselves for over 20 years to build this hurricane protection infrastructure.

St. Tammany Parish Flood Risk Management, LA

Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District
Location: 7400 Leake Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118
Amount of Request: $10 million
Details: This funding would be used to continue the Preconstruction Engineering and Design (PED) phase for the St. Tammany Flood Risk Management Project, which will provide the first ever hurricane flood protection system in the parish.

Port Fourchon Bridge & Connecting Road – Lafourche Parish, LA

Recipient: Greater Lafourche Port Commission
Location: 16829 East Main Street, Cut Off, Louisiana 70345
Amount of Request: $11.25 million
Details: Port Fourchon services 100% of the Gulf of America’s deepwater energy assets & it plays a strategic role in furnishing the U.S. with about 16% of its entire oil supply. This funding will be used to build a bridge & connecting road to the 1000-acre Fourchon Island site that is set to bolster the domestic maritime & energy industries through a range of services for deepwater rig, drillship, and heavy lift installation vessels through assembly, repair, refurbishment, fabrication, project cargo & logistics, as well as decommissioning.

Highway 11 - St. Tammany Parish, LA

Recipient: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
Location: Highway 11
Amount of Request: $10 million
Details: This funding would be used to upgrade the Highway 11 bridge that lacks modern safety features necessary for a necessary hurricane evacuation route.