COASTAL WETLANDS PLANNING, PROTECTION AND RESTORATION ACT

PROJECT STATUS REPORT as of 11-Oct-2024

Bayou Chevee Shoreline Protection

PROJECT DATA

PROJECT: Bayou Chevee Shoreline Protection
PRIORITY LIST: 5 PROJECT NO: 0558 CWPPRA NO: XPO-69 DNR NO: PO-22
PROJECT TYPE: Shoreline Protection NET ACRES BENEFITTED: 75
REGION: 1 BASIN: Pontchartrain PARISH: Orleans
LEAD AGENCY: COE
LOCAL SPONSOR: DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF LA.

MILESTONES:

CSA EXECUTION: 01-Feb-2001 ( Actual )    
DESIGN COMPLETION: 06-Jul-1998 ( Actual )    
CONSTRUCTION START: 25-Aug-2001 ( Actual )    
CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION: 17-Dec-2001 ( Actual )    
ESCROW AMENDMENT 02-Mar-2001 ( Actual ) No: 73
MONITORING PLAN APPROVAL: 21-Oct-1998 ( Actual )    
O and M PLAN APPROVAL: 13-Dec-2004 ( Actual )    
DEAUTHORIZATION DATE:      
CASH FLOW PROECTS:        
Phase 1 Approval: 28-Feb-1996 ( Actual )    
Phase 2 Approval: 28-Feb-1996 ( Actual )    

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS:

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 2 Cedric Richmond
STATE SENATE DISTRICT: 2 Troy E. Brown
STATE HOUSE DISTRICT: 103 Raymond E. Garofalo

Point of Contact:

DEPT. OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS

Susan Hennington
Biologist
CEMVN-PM-OR
7400 Leake Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70160-0267
PHONES:  
Office: (504) 862-2504
Fax: (504) 862-1892

COASTAL WETLANDS PLANNING, PROTECTION AND RESTORATION ACT

PROJECT STATUS REPORT as of 11-Oct-2024

Bayou Chevee Shoreline Protection

PROJECT LOCATION:

The project is located in the Bayou Chevee marsh area, approximately 2 miles west of Chef Menteur Pass, in the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The project consists of constructing a 5,000-foot earthen, erodible dike to contain dredged material from Lake Pontchartrain. The project will create about 150 acres of marsh.

PROJECT STATUS: (Project Status Last Updated: 20-Jun-2014 )

As of Oct 2013, CPRA was in the process of working up a cost estimate for a scheduled rock lift for the Bayou Chevee project.

FUND STATUS:

The current project estimate is $2,779,420 , which includes $2,208,532 for construction first costs, and $144,178 and $426,710 for 20 years of monitoring and operations and maintenance, respectively.

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