U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today he secured $575 million in reallocated federal spending to address the inflation-induced funding shortfalls affecting the Comite Flood Control Project and West Shore Hurricane Protection Project. Graves’ funding is included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 that was finalized after lengthy… Read more »
Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today that an additional $476 million in funding has been secured to complete the Comite Flood Control Project. The project was half-finished when the Corps of Engineers announced earlier this year that these additional funds, on top of the $471 million Graves had previously secured for the project, would be needed to see it… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today that the Corps of Engineers has awarded a $17,554,968.82 contract to construct the structure that will drain Cypress Bayou floodwaters into the new Comite Diversion Canal and then into the Mississippi River. Three bayous (in addition to the Comite River) will drain directly into the new Comite diversion canal – Cypress… Read more »
U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today that the Corps of Engineers has awarded a $20,980,000 contract to a Louisiana business, Rigid Constructors, LLC to advance the Comite Flood Control Project. The funding will go toward excavating the channel between Cypress Bayou and Bayou Baton Rouge (approximately between LA 19 and LA 964). Graves released the following… Read more »
As work on the Comite River Diversion project continues, Central residents are vocalizing their frustration with the timeline.
The time is ticking as Army Corps of Engineers crews work to complete the Comite River Diversion. Read more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) and the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers held a community meeting Monday, March 29, to give updates and answer questions about the project. After years of countless roadblocks, the long-awaited Comite River Diversion Canal project is starting to pick up speed. The flood control project will… Read more »
BATON ROUGE- Residents in Central expressed lots of frustration with the Comite Diversion Canal's continuous delays. "I'm tired of hearing about 30 people who don't want to give up their property, what about the 10's of thousands that lost their homes because of this, you have another event like this you better move out of the state," said one resident. The state and the U.S. Army Corps… Read more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) has officially entered into a Construction Management at Risk (CMAR) contract with the company the state agency has selected to build three new bridges in East Baton Rouge Parish as part of the Comite River Diversion Canal project.DOTD Secretary Shawn Wilson, Ph. D, signed the CMAR contract Monday,… Read more »
$1.4 BILLION IN NEW FUNDING More than $600 million for Comite & EBR Flood Projects; Up to $2.0 billion available for Capital Region flood protection; $760 million for West Shore Hurricane ProtectionCongressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced today one of the largest flood protection investments in Louisiana history -- nearly $3 billion in federal funding for priority flood… Read more »
Congressman Garret Graves (R - South Louisiana) announced today highlights of the Fiscal Year 2017 "Work Plan" of Corps of Engineers projects in South Louisiana, including $6.7 million for the Comite River Diversion Canal. Using funds made available by the recently enacted Consolidated Appropriations of 2017, the Corps allocated resources to these notable projects: $6.7 million for the… Read more »
