2009 SAME - 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

ƒ District Mission and Responsibilities ƒ FY09 Program and Accomplishments ƒ FY10 an d Beyon d ƒ Challenges Ahead

BUILDING STRONG® Since 1880….

Galveston jetties

Galveston Seawall

BUILDING STRONG® Galveston District

50,000+ sq mi, 460 miles coastline 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: () Port Arthur Channel to Orange Green’s Bayou (Deep Draft) (Sabine River) Barbour’s Terminal Channel Bayport Ship Channel Ship Channel Galveston Harbor 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) Adams Bayou (HSC Light Draft) Cow Bayou Clear Lake Channel Dickinson Bayou to Liberty Channel to Port Lavaca Anahuac Channel & Harbor of Refuge Double Bayou Smith Point Offatts Bayou Chocolate Bayou (Chan to Bay City) Rincon Channel Channel to Palacios Victoria Barge Canal (Channel to Victoria) Lydia Ann Channel to Port Aransas Channel to 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

ƒ Galveston - Construction Complete in FY10 ƒ Corpus Christi – Construction Start in FY10 ƒ Texas City – Construction Start in FY10 ƒ Sabine Neches Water Way - Feasibility Report 4QFY10 ƒ Freeport ► Permit Decision in MAR 09 for Widening ► Federal Projjyyect Feasibility Study in APR 10 for Deepening ƒ Matagorda Ship Channel - Deepening and Widening Permit Decision in FY10 ƒ - Construction Start in FY11 ƒ 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?

BUILDING STRONG®