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Posted 2/9/2016
Release no. 02092016-01
Contact
Bill Peoples
313-226-4680
William.L.Peoples@us.army.mil
DETROIT -
The President’s Budget for fiscal year 2017 (FY17) includes more than $4.620 billion in discretionary funding for the Civil Works
program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE, (see release at: Corps of
Engineers, HQ Website – www.usace.army.mil) with more than $67 million for Detroit District projects around the
Great Lakes.
The Civil Works budget funds
the operation and maintenance program, which includes the maintenance of
federal shipping channels on the Great Lakes, maintenance of federal
structures, and the operation and maintenance of the Soo locks. Incorporated in
the budget is funding that will be used across the district's jurisdiction in
Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
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"The Detroit
District budget of $67.5 million reflects the Administration's fiscal year 2017
annual Civil Works program and we are looking forward to working hard and fully
implementing this strategic investment for the development, management, restoration,
and protection of the Great Lakes,” said Lt. Col. Michael Sellers, district
engineer, Detroit District. “Our
projects and the water resources we are charged to protect contribute greatly
to a stronger economy, environment and quality of life for all Americans.”
The FY17 funding will be
distributed among the Detroit District major projects as follows:
St Marys River/Soo Locks, Mich. Navigation/Hydropower/Recreation $31.5 million
Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis. Navigation/Recreation $7.1 million
Detroit River, Mich. Navigation $5.2
million
Green Bay Harbor, Wis. Navigation $3.9
million
Saginaw River, Mich. Navigation $3.9
million
Fox River, Wis. Flood Risk
Management $2.3
million
Milwaukee, Wis. Navigation $1.2
million
Channels in Lake St. Clair, Mich. Navigation $1.5 million
Keweenaw Waterway, Mich. Navigation $0.9 million
Sturgeon Bay, Wisc. Navigation
$0.8
million
A total
of $16.2 million will be used for dredging projects including the following
locations: Channels in Lake St. Clair, Mich., Detroit River, Mich., Duluth-Superior
Harbor, Minn. and Wis., Green Bay Harbor, Wis., Grand Haven Harbor, Mich., Holland
Harbor, Mich., Keweenaw Waterway, Mich., Saginaw River, Mich., St. Joseph
Harbor, Mich., and Sturgeon Bay Harbor and Lake Michigan Ship Canal, Wisc.
Also, $3.8
million will be used to continue monitoring lake levels and water flow
throughout the Great Lakes.
The FY17 Civil Works budget press book is available on
the Corps headquarters Website at: http://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/CivilWorks/Budget.aspx, under the heading Program Budget: Press Books.
For more information go to the 2017
budget related link:
Detroit District Website – www.lre.usace.army.mil
Corps of Engineers, HQ Website – www.usace.army.mil
White House Website – http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget
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