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 Bayou 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? BUILDING STRONG®.