2009 SAME Texoma - Missouri River Regional Conference
Galveston District USACE
Colonel David C. Weston Commander Galveston District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers 02 September 2009
US Army Corps of Engineers
BUILDING STRONG® OVERVIEW
District Mission and Responsibilities FY09 Program and Accomplishments FY10 an d Beyon d Challenges Ahead
BUILDING STRONG® Since 1880….
Galveston jetties
Galveston Seawall
BUILDING STRONG® Galveston District
50,000+ sq mi, 460 miles coastline Rio Grande River to Sabine River, LA 48 coun ties, 2 LA par is hes 375 full-time employees
BUILDING STRONG® Mission Areas
• Navigation - $150-175M / YR • Flood Risk Mitigation - $15-20M / YR • Environmental Restoration - $2-3M / YR • Shoreline Protection - $2-3M / YR • Regulatory - $6-7M / YR • MILCON / IIS - $50-60M / YR • Emergency Management - $.25M / YR
$250 M
BUILDING STRONG® Navigation - Deep-Draft
Beaumont Sabine-Neches Waterway: (Neches River) Port Arthur Channel to Orange Green’s Bayou (Deep Draft) (Sabine River) Barbour’s Terminal Channel Bayport Ship Channel Houston Ship Channel Galveston Harbor Texas City Ship Channel FtFreeport Harbor Matagorda Ship Channel La Quinta Channel
Corpus Christi Ship Channel
Brazos Island Harbor - BIH (Brownsville Ship Channel) & Port Isabel Deep-Draft Channel & Turning Basin
BUILDING STRONG® Navigation - Shallow-Draft CdCedar B ayou Greens Bayou (light-draft portion) Buffalo Bayou Adams Bayou (HSC Light Draft) Cow Bayou Clear Lake Channel Dickinson Bayou Trinity River to Liberty Channel to Port Lavaca Anahuac Channel & Harbor of Refuge Double Bayou Smith Point Offatts Bayou Chocolate Bayou Colorado River (Chan to Bay City) Rincon Channel Channel to Palacios Victoria Barge Canal (Channel to Victoria) Lydia Ann Channel to Port Aransas Channel to Aransas Pass GlfItGulf Intercoast tlWtal Waterway Channel to Port Mansfield Arroyo Colorado (Channel to Harlingen)
Port Isabel Small Boat Harbor & Side Channels
BUILDING STRONG® Navigation Mission • 1,000 miles of channels • 240 miles deep draft • 760 m iles s ha llow dra ft • 28 Ports • 30 - 40 million cubic yards dredged annually
BUILDING STRONG® Texas Ranking in the Nation
BUILDING STRONG® FY 09 PROGRAM
$ BASE $ SUPPL / FCCE $ ARRA
INV 3.0M 0 0
O&M 103.9M 182.7M / 27M 122.4M
CG 51.1M 14.0M 137.7M
Total 158M 223.7M 260.1M
$642M
BUILDING STRONG® FY09 Highlights Border Fence
BUILDING STRONG® FY09 Highlights Galveston Seawall Repairs
BUILDING STRONG® FY 10 PROGRAM
$PresBud
INV 161.6 M
O&M 106.2 M
CG 41.0 M
Total 148.8 M
BUILDING STRONG® Opportunities
Galveston - Construction Complete in FY10 Corpus Christi – Construction Start in FY10 Texas City – Construction Start in FY10 Sabine Neches Water Way - Feasibility Report 4QFY10 Freeport ► Permit Decision in MAR 09 for Widening ► Federal Projjyyect Feasibility Study in APR 10 for Deepening Matagorda Ship Channel - Deepening and Widening Permit Decision in FY10 Cedar Bayou - Construction Start in FY11 Brazos Island Harbor Channel (Brownsville) - Feasibility Reppport Complete in FY12
BUILDING STRONG® Challenges Ahead…….
• Cost of business has increased…do less with same dollars, and increased competition for Federal dollars • Wider/deeper/longer projects cost more to maintain • Lack of funds to maintain low use shallow draft projects • IiddfdltlTIncreasing demand for development along Texas coastline
BUILDING STRONG® QUESTIONS?
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