Posted on March 30, 2022
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District, reports that the President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget includes $163.6 million in federal funding for the district’s civil works program.
This is part of the $6.6 billion in discretionary funding for the Army Corps’ civil works program worldwide. The proposed funding will improve the reliability and resilience of the district’s multi-purpose reservoirs and inland waterway navigation system, while enhancing the environment, generating hydroelectric power, providing recreational activities to the public and reducing the risk of flooding.
The FY23 budget provides $74.7 million for operation and maintenance of 12 reservoirs across Arkansas and southern Missouri. The reservoirs provide flood risk reduction in the White River and Little River watersheds and create recreation opportunities for the 20 million people that visit the district’s recreation areas each year. Additionally, several of the district’s reservoirs provide reliable drinking water to more than 400,000 people annually.
Also included in the budget is $88.9 million in operations and maintenance funds to provide reliable navigation via the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System.
Nimrod and Blue Mountain lakes each received four hundred thousand dollars to update their master plans.
A list of Civil Works projects, programs and activities included in the FY23 budget are available at https://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Budget/
The Little Rock District manages $6.5 billion in public infrastructure across 750,000 acres of public land and water. The district is responsible for more than 300 miles of navigable waterways, 13 navigation locks and dams, seven hydroelectric power plants, 146 public parks, and 12 multi-purpose reservoirs which have prevented more than $5.1 billion in flood damages.
The district’s additional missions include emergency response and regulatory responsibilities in Arkansas.
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