Posted on September 26, 2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, recently awarded a contract for constructing the eighth levee reach on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain (WSLP) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project. This contract will construct approximately 3.0 miles of the 18.5-mile-long levee system that will provide 100-year level risk reduction to the area primarily in St. John the Baptist, St. James and St. Charles Parish.
The contract for WSLP-105 was awarded on September 22, 2023, to Onshore Materials, of Thibodeaux, Louisiana. This section of the levee is approximately 3.0 miles long. The contract at award is $59,286,900.20. Work will be performed in St. John the Baptist Parish. The levee elevation will be 11.0 feet. The contract is scheduled to be completed in late 2027. In addition, even though this was an unrestricted contract it was awarded to a Louisiana small business.
“USACE, in partnership with the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority and Pontchartrain Levee District, continues to take steps forward in delivering a 1-percent level of storm surge risk reduction for 60,000 residents in St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, and St. James parishes,” said Col. Cullen Jones, New Orleans District Commander.
The West Shore Lake Pontchartrain project will achieve 100-year storm surge risk reduction by a variety of structural and non-structural features to include: levees, floodwalls, and pumps. While these features will reduce risk from storm surge associated with tropical events, they do not specifically reduce risk of flooding from significant rainfall. The project design team continues to work with the Non-Federal sponsor to acquire Rights of Entry (ROE) and coordinate with utilities and pipelines within the project footprint. Contracts completed include test sections, clay stockpiles, sand stockpiles, sand placement, and access road construction. For more information on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain project:
