COASTAL WETLANDS PLANNING, PROTECTION AND RESTORATION ACT

PROJECT STATUS REPORT as of 28-Mar-2024

Channel Armor Gap Crevasse COMPLETE

PROJECT DATA

PROJECT: Channel Armor Gap Crevasse COMPLETE
PRIORITY LIST: 3 PROJECT NO: 0329 CWPPRA NO: XMR-10 DNR NO: MR-06
PROJECT TYPE: Sediment Diversion NET ACRES BENEFITTED: 936
REGION: 2 BASIN: Miss. River Delta PARISH: Plaquemines
LEAD AGENCY: COE
LOCAL SPONSOR: DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF LA.

MILESTONES:

CSA EXECUTION: 13-Jan-1997 ( Actual )    
DESIGN COMPLETION: 07-Oct-1996 ( Actual )    
CONSTRUCTION START: 22-Sep-1997 ( Actual )    
CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION: 02-Nov-1997 ( Actual )    
ESCROW AMENDMENT 13-Mar-1997 ( Actual ) No: 42
MONITORING PLAN APPROVAL: 24-Apr-1997 ( Actual )    
O and M PLAN APPROVAL:    
DEAUTHORIZATION DATE:      
CASH FLOW PROECTS:        
Phase 1 Approval: 01-Oct-1993 ( Actual )    
Phase 2 Approval: 01-Oct-1993 ( Actual )    

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS:

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 1 Steve Scalise
STATE SENATE DISTRICT: 1 A. G. Crowe
STATE HOUSE DISTRICT: 105 Christopher J. Leopold

Point of Contact:

DEPT. OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS

Scott Wandell
Project Manager
CEMVN-PM-OR
7400 Leake Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70160
PHONES:  
Office: (504) 862-1878
Fax: (504) 862-1892

COASTAL WETLANDS PLANNING, PROTECTION AND RESTORATION ACT

PROJECT STATUS REPORT as of 28-Mar-2024

Channel Armor Gap Crevasse COMPLETE

PROJECT LOCATION:

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The project will utilize available sediment in areas which are currently shallow open water bottoms and create emergent marsh. The project will consist of deepening the invert of the existing 150 foot wide gap in the Mississippi River channel bank armor. The existing invert will be lowered to -4.0 feet NGVD. In addition, an existing earthen channel leading from the armored gap to the open water area beyond the bank will be enlarged. Approximately 125,000 cubic yards of material will be excavated from the outfall channel and cast adjacent to the channel in a manner conducive to marsh nourishment. The result will be the conversion of an area of 60 percent open water to an area of approximately 90 percent emergent wetland.

PROJECT STATUS: (Project Status Last Updated: 17-Jun-2002 )

Cost increase was due to additional project management costs, by both Federal and Local Sponsor. Surveys identified a pipeline in the crevasse area which would be negatively impacted by the project. US Fish & Wildlife Service reviewed their permit for the pipeline and determined that Shell Pipeline was required to lower it at their own cost. USFWS requested a modification to the alignment on USFWS-owned lands. Construction complete.

FUND STATUS:

The current project estimate is $880,085 , which includes $495,207 for construction first costs, and $384,878 and $0 for 20 years of monitoring and operations and maintenance, respectively.

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