BALTIMORE, MD — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, will receive approximately $62 million in supplemental funding to support critical missions over several years across the Chesapeake Bay region, including local dredging projects; completion of the District of Columbia flood risk management project; mitigation work associated with the Wyoming Valley levee project in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; and $37.5 million for the Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island ecosystem restoration project. Funding is from two recently enacted laws — the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the 2022 Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act.

“The funding in these historic laws will allow us to execute important projects and services for the region, which support our local and national economies and help restore critical Chesapeake Bay habitat,” said Baltimore District Commander Col. Estee S. Pinchasin.

Baltimore District funding highlights:

• Washington Harbor - $400,000 for engineering and design for either full replacement or repair of the historic Washington Tidal Inlet Flood Gates in the District of Columbia.
• Indian Rock Dam and Codorus Creek Flood Risk Management - $1.045 million for deposit removal, design of flood wall, and rip rap repairs.
• Herring Bay and Rockhold Creek - $2.15 million for maintenance dredging of the Herring Bay & Rockhold Creek federal channel in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Maintenance dredging is required to address shoaling and to restore the channel to its authorized depth of seven feet.
• Northeast River - $2.4 million for maintenance dredging of the Northeast River federal channel in Cecil County, Maryland. Maintenance dredging is required to address shoaling and to restore the channel to its authorized depth of seven feet.
• Slaughter Creek - $50,000 for Engineering and Design work for dredging of the Slaughter Creek federal channel in Dorchester County, Maryland. Engineering and Design work will include surveys of the federal channel and a placement site proposed by the non-federal sponsor, development of dredging plans, and environmental coordination.
• Cowanesque Lake - $349,000 for debris removal and repair to areas impacted by Tropical Storm Fred. This includes repair of water and sewer line manholes; improvements to various campground, day-use, boat ramp, and courtesy dock areas; and upgrade of wastewater treatment plant tank.
• Raystown Lake - $655,000 for repair to areas impacted by Hurricane Ida. This includes replacement of damaged and missing navigational buoys; purchase and placement of stone rip-rap to repair washed-out areas; replacement of damaged courtesy docks at seven boat launches; removal of hazardous debris; design of a more durable courtesy dock system; replacement of trees uprooted in Nancy's Camp Campground; raising the elevation of the access ramp to the USACE boat house by five feet; relocation of the damaged Weaver Falls playground; and repairs to the Seven Points beach playground.
• Tioga-Hammond Lakes - $10,000 for repair or replacement of the Sewage Treatment Plant Sludge Pump #2.
• Wyoming Valley Levee Project - $11.176 million for completion of all mitigation work associated with the authorized flood risk management project for the communities of Plymouth, Kingston-Edwardsville, Swoyersville-Forty Fort, Hanover, Exeter, and Wilkes-Barre in Pennsylvania; and reimbursement of non-federal sponsor for completed mitigation work.
• Eastern Shore, Mid Chesapeake Bay Island - $37.507 million for execution of the Project Partnership Agreement between the Army and the State of Maryland for Mid-Bay Island construction; construction start on Barren Island restoration; and completion of field work to support engineering during construction activities for James Island, to include continued drilling and testing.
• Washington, D.C. and Vicinity Flood Risk Management - $6.265 million for completion of the project, including the construction of the 23rd Street and Constitution Avenue closures, raising the District of Columbia levee system to a uniform elevation, and modifying existing utilities that cross the levee alignment.